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2 wish

wish [wɪʃ]

souhaiter ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c), 1 (d), 2 (a) vouloir ⇒ 1 (c), 2 (a) faire un vœu ⇒ 2 (b) souhait ⇒ 3 (a) vœu ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (c) désir ⇒ 3 (b) amitiés ⇒ 3 (c)

1 transitive verb

(a) (expressing something impossible or unlikely) souhaiter;

∎ to wish sb dead souhaiter la mort de qn;

∎ I wish I were a bird! je voudrais être un oiseau!;

∎ she wished herself far away elle aurait souhaité être loin;

∎ familiar I wish I were or British was somewhere else j'aimerais bien être ailleurs;

∎ wish you were here (on postcard) j'aimerais bien que tu sois là;

∎ I wish you didn't have to leave j'aimerais que tu ne sois pas ou ce serait bien si tu n'étais pas obligé de partir;

∎ I wish you hadn't said that tu n'aurais pas dû dire ça;

∎ I wish I'd never come! je n'aurais jamais dû venir;

∎ I wish I'd thought of that before je regrette de n'y avoir pas pensé plus tôt;

∎ why don't you come with us? - I wish I could pourquoi ne venez-vous pas avec nous? - j'aimerais bien

(b) (expressing criticism, reproach)

∎ I wish you'd be more careful j'aimerais que vous fassiez plus attention;

∎ I wish you wouldn't talk so much! tu ne peux pas te taire un peu?;

∎ I wish you wouldn't play that music so loud j'aimerais bien que tu ne mettes pas la musique aussi fort

(c) formal (want) souhaiter, vouloir;

∎ I don't wish to appear rude, but… je ne voudrais pas paraître grossier mais…;

∎ he no longer wishes to discuss it il ne veut ou il ne souhaite plus en parler;

∎ do you wish to see me? désirez-vous me voir?;

∎ how do you wish to pay? comment désirez-vous payer?

(d) (in greeting, expressions of goodwill) souhaiter;

∎ I wished her a pleasant journey je lui ai souhaité (un) bon voyage;

∎ he wished them success in their future careers il leur a souhaité de réussir dans leur carrière;

∎ he wished us good day il nous a souhaité le bonjour;

∎ I wish you no harm je ne vous veux pas de mal;

∎ I wish you well j'espère que tout ira bien pour vous;

∎ I wish you (good) luck je vous souhaite bonne chance;

∎ to wish sb joy of sth souhaiter bien du plaisir à qn pour qch

2 intransitive verb

(a) formal (want, like) vouloir, souhaiter;

∎ may I see you again? - if you wish puis-je vous revoir? - si vous le voulez ou le souhaitez;

∎ do as you wish faites comme vous voulez;

∎ ironic did you get a pay rise/go on holiday this year? - I wish! tu as eu une augmentation/tu es allé en vacances cette année? - tu parles!

(b) (make a wish) faire un vœu;

∎ close your eyes and wish hard ferme les yeux et fais un vœu;

∎ literary to wish upon a star faire un vœu en regardant une étoile

3 noun

(a) (act of wishing, thing wished for) souhait m, vœu m;

∎ make a wish! fais un souhait ou un vœu!;

∎ to grant a wish exaucer un vœu;

∎ he got his wish, his wish came true son vœu s'est réalisé

(b) (desire) désir m;

∎ to express a wish for sth exprimer le désir de qch;

∎ formal it is my (dearest) wish that… c'est mon vœu le plus cher que…;

∎ it was his last wish c'était sa dernière volonté;

∎ literary or humorous your wish is my command vos désirs sont des ordres;

∎ formal I have no wish to appear melodramatic, but… je ne voudrais pas avoir l'air de dramatiser mais…;

∎ she had no great wish to travel elle n'avait pas très envie de voyager;

∎ to respect sb's wishes respecter les vœux de qn;

∎ she went against my wishes elle a agi contre ma volonté;

∎ he joined the navy against or contrary to my wishes il s'est engagé dans la marine contre mon gré ou ma volonté

(c) (regards)

∎ give your wife my best wishes transmettez toutes mes amitiés à votre épouse;

∎ my parents send their best wishes mes parents vous font toutes leurs amitiés;

∎ with every good wish (in card) avec mes meilleurs vœux;

∎ best wishes for the coming year meilleurs vœux pour la nouvelle année;

∎ best wishes for a Merry Christmas joyeux Noël;

∎ best wishes on your graduation (day) toutes mes/nos félicitations à l'occasion de l'obtention de votre diplôme;

∎ (with) best wishes (in letter) bien amicalement, toutes mes amitiés

►► Psychology wish fulfilment accomplissement m d'un désir;

wish list liste f de vœux;

∎ the unions presented a wish list of their conditions les syndicats ont présenté une liste de conditions

➲ wish away separable transitive verb

∎ you can't simply wish away the things you don't like on ne peut pas faire comme si les choses qui nous déplaisent n'existaient pas

➲ wish for inseparable transitive verb

souhaiter;

∎ what did you wish for? quel était ton vœu?;

∎ what more could a man/a woman wish for? que peut-on souhaiter de plus?

➲ wish on separable transitive verb

(a) (fate, problem) souhaiter à;

∎ I wouldn't wish this headache on anyone je ne souhaite à personne d'avoir un mal de tête pareil

(b) (foist on)

∎ it's a terribly complicated system wished on us by head office c'est un système très compliqué dont nous a fait cadeau la direction;

∎ he'll probably wish the children on us for the afternoon il nous fera sans doute cadeau des enfants pour l'après-midi

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3 wish

wish [wɪ∫]

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = desire) souhaiter

• I wish I'd gone with you je regrette de ne pas vous avoir accompagné

• I wish you had left with him je regrette que tu ne sois pas parti avec lui

• I wish I hadn't said that je regrette d'avoir dit cela

• I only wish I'd known about that before! si seulement j'avais su ça avant !

• I wish I could! si seulement je pouvais !

   b. ( = desire for sb else) souhaiter

• I wish you well in what you're trying to do je vous souhaite de réussir dans ce que vous voulez faire

• wish me luck! souhaite-moi bonne chance !

• to wish sb a happy birthday souhaiter bon anniversaire à qn

• I wish you every happiness! je vous souhaite d'être très heureux !

• he wished us every happiness il nous a exprimé tous ses vœux de bonheur

• I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy c'est quelque chose que je ne souhaiterais pas à mon pire ennemi

2. intransitive verb

faire un vœu

• to wish for sth souhaiter qch

• she's got everything she could wish for elle a tout ce qu'elle peut désirer

• what more could you wish for? que pourrais-tu souhaiter de plus ?

3. noun

   a. ( = desire, will) désir m

• your wish is my command vos désirs sont des ordres

• he had no great wish to go il n'avait pas grande envie d'y aller

• to go against sb's wishes contrecarrer les désirs de qn

• he did it against my wishes il l'a fait contre mon gré

   b. ( = specific desire) vœu m

• to make a wish faire un vœu

• his wish came true son vœu s'est réalisé

   c. ( = greeting) he sends his best wishes il vous fait ses amitiés

• (with) best wishes for your future happiness tous mes (or nos) vœux de bonheur

• (with) best wishes for Christmas and the New Year (nos) meilleurs vœux pour Noël et la nouvelle année

• with best wishes from (in letter) bien amicalement

4. compounds

► wish list noun liste f de souhaits

• top of my wish list mon souhait le plus cher

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[wɪʃ] 1.
noun ( desire) désir m ( for de; to do de faire); ( in story) souhait m ( for de)

to make a wish — faire un vœu

to grant somebody's wish — gen accéder au désir de quelqu'un; [fairy] exaucer le souhait de quelqu'un

I have no wish to disturb you — je n'ai pas l'intention de vous déranger
2.
wishes plural noun vœux mpl

good ou best wishes — meilleurs vœux; ( ending letter) bien amicalement

please give him my best wishes — je vous prie de lui faire toutes mes amitiés
3.
transitive verb

1) ( expressing longing)

I wish he were here — si seulement il était ici

I just wish we lived closer — si seulement nous habitions plus près

he wished he had written — il regrettait de ne pas avoir écrit

he wishes his mother would write — il voudrait que sa mère écrive

he bought it and then wished he hadn't — il l'a acheté et puis a regretté de l'avoir fait

I wished myself single again — j'aurais voulu être à nouveau célibataire

2) (express congratulations, greetings) souhaiter

to wish somebody joy ou happiness — souhaiter à quelqu'un d'être heureux

to wish somebody joy of something/somebody — iron souhaiter bien du plaisir à quelqu'un avec quelque chose/quelqu'un

we wished each other goodbye and good luck — nous nous sommes dit au revoir et bonne chance

I wished him well — j'espérais que tout irait bien pour lui

3) ( want) souhaiter; ( weaker) désirer
4.
intransitive verb

1) (desire, want) vouloir

just as you wish — comme vous voudrez

to wish for — souhaiter, espérer

what more could one wish for? — qu'est-ce qu'on pourrait espérer or souhaiter de plus?

2) ( in fairy story) faire un vœu

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Phrasal Verbs:

- wish on

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wish

A n ( desire) désir m (for de ; to do de faire) ; ( in fairy story) souhait m (for de) ; her wish came true son souhait s'est réalisé ; the fairy gave her three wishes la fée lui a accordé trois souhaits ; a wish for freedom/to be free un désir de liberté/d'être libre ; to make a wish faire un vœu ; to have/express/cherish a wish avoir/exprimer/caresser un désir ; to grant sb's wish [monarch, official, authority, parent] accéder au désir de qn ; [fairy] exaucer le souhait de qn ; I have no wish to disturb you/talk to you sout je n'ai pas l'intention de vous déranger/de vous parler ; at his wife's/boss's wish selon la volonté de sa femme/de son chef ; to do sth against sb's wishes faire qch à l'encontre des désirs de qn ; it is my dearest wish to visit Capri mon vœu le plus cher est de visiter Capri ; you will get your wish vous aurez ce que vous désirez.

B wishes npl vœux mpl ; good ou best wishes meilleurs vœux ; ( ending letter) bien amicalement ; best wishes on your birthday/engagement meilleurs vœux pour votre anniversaire/vos fiançailles ; to offer/give/send good wishes ( for specific event) formuler/faire/envoyer ses meilleurs vœux ; please give him my best wishes je vous prie de lui faire toutes mes amitiés ; (with) all good wishes for Christmas avec tous mes or nos meilleurs vœux pour Noël.

C vtr

1 ( expressing longing) I wish he were here/had been here si seulement il était ici/avait été ici ; I just wish we lived closer si seulement nous habitions plus près ; I wish you hadn't told me that si seulement tu ne m'avais pas dit cela ; he wished he had written il aurait voulu avoir écrit ; he wished she had written il aurait voulu qu'elle ait écrit ; he wishes his mother would write il voudrait que sa mère écrive ; he bought it and then wished he hadn't il l'a acheté et puis a regretté de l'avoir fait ; I wished him dead/myself single again j'aurais voulu le voir mort/être à nouveau célibataire ;

2 (express congratulations, greetings) souhaiter ; I wish you Happy Birthday/a pleasant journey/good luck je vous souhaite un bon anniversaire/un bon voyage/bonne chance ; to wish sb joy ou happiness souhaiter à qn d'être heureux ; to wish sb joy with sth/sb iron souhaiter bien du plaisir à qn avec qch/qn ; he wished her good day† il lui a souhaité le bonjour ; we wished each other goodbye and good luck nous nous sommes dit au revoir et bonne chance ; I wished him well j'espérais que tout irait bien pour lui ;

3 ( want) sout souhaiter, vouloir ; ( weaker) désirer ; he wishes an audience with you sout il désire or il souhaite avoir un entretien avec vous ; that was what your father would have wished c'est ce que ton père aurait voulu ; you will do it because I wish it vous le ferez parce que je le veux ; to wish to do vouloir or souhaiter or désirer faire ; I wish to leave at once je souhaite partir sur le champ ; she wishes to be alone/excused elle désire être seule/se faire excuser ; I do not wish to seem unkind but… je ne veux pas avoir l'air antipathique mais… ; I wish you to leave je veux que vous partiez ; I wish it to be clear that… je veux qu'il soit bien clair que…

D vi

1 (desire, want) vouloir ; just as you wish comme vous voudrez ; spend it as you wish dépense-le comme tu voudras ; to wish for souhaiter, espérer ; they wished for an end to the war ils souhaitaient la fin de la guerre ; what more could one wish for? qu'est-ce qu'on pourrait espérer or souhaiter de plus? ;

2 ( in fairy story or ritual) faire un vœu.

Idiom

your wish is my command hum vos désirs sont des ordres.

Phrasal verbs

■ wish away:

▶ wish away [sth], wish [sth] away souhaiter que [qch] n'existe pas.

■ wish on:

▶ wish [sth] on sb fourguer ○ [qch] à qn ; it's a job I wouldn't wish on anyone c'est un boulot que je ne fourguerais ○ à personne.

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5 wish

I 1. [wɪʃ]
nome desiderio m. ( for di; to do di fare)

to make a wish — esprimere un desiderio

to grant sb.'s wish — esaudire il desiderio di qcn.

I have no wish to disturb you — form. non desidero disturbarvi
2.
nome plurale wishes auguri m.

good o best wishes con i migliori auguri; (ending letter) (i più) cordiali saluti; please give him my best wishes — ti prego di porgergli i miei migliori auguri
II 1. [wɪʃ]
verbo transitivo

1) (expressing longing)

I wish he were here — vorrei che fosse qui

I just wish we lived closer — vorrei solo che vivessimo più vicini

he wished he had written — avrebbe voluto avere scritto

he wishes his mother would write — vorrebbe che sua madre scrivesse

he bought it and then wished he hadn't — lo comprò e poi se ne pentì

I wished him dead — lo volevo morto

2) (express congratulations, greetings) augurare

to wish sb. joy o happiness augurare a qcn. di essere felice; to wish sb. joy with sth., sb. iron. augurare a qcn. buona fortuna con qcs., qcn.; we wished each other goodbye and good luck ci salutammo e ci augurammo a vicenda buona fortuna; I wished him well — gli augurai ogni bene

3) (want) form. volere; (weaker) desiderare
2.
verbo intransitivo

1) (desire, want) volere, desiderare

just as you wish — come vuoi

what more could one wish for? — cos'altro si potrebbe desiderare?

2) (in fairy story or ritual) esprimere un desiderio

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- wish on

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[wiʃ] 1. verb
1) (to have and/or express a desire: There's no point in wishing for a miracle; Touch the magic stone and wish; He wished that she would go away; I wish that I had never met him.) desiderare

2) (to require (to do or have something): Do you wish to sit down, sir?; We wish to book some seats for the theatre; I'll cancel the arrangement if you wish.) volere

3) (to say that one hopes for (something for someone): I wish you the very best of luck.) augurare
2. noun
1) (a desire or longing, or the thing desired: It's always been my wish to go to South America some day.) desiderio

2) (an expression of desire: The fairy granted him three wishes; Did you make a wish?) desiderio

3) ((usually in plural) an expression of hope for success etc for someone: He sends you his best wishes.) augurio

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- wishful thinking
- wishing-well
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I 1. [wɪʃ]
nome desiderio m. ( for di; to do di fare)

to make a wish — esprimere un desiderio

to grant sb.'s wish — esaudire il desiderio di qcn.

I have no wish to disturb you — form. non desidero disturbarvi
2.
nome plurale wishes auguri m.

good o best wishes con i migliori auguri; (ending letter) (i più) cordiali saluti; please give him my best wishes — ti prego di porgergli i miei migliori auguri
II 1. [wɪʃ]
verbo transitivo

1) (expressing longing)

I wish he were here — vorrei che fosse qui

I just wish we lived closer — vorrei solo che vivessimo più vicini

he wished he had written — avrebbe voluto avere scritto

he wishes his mother would write — vorrebbe che sua madre scrivesse

he bought it and then wished he hadn't — lo comprò e poi se ne pentì

I wished him dead — lo volevo morto

2) (express congratulations, greetings) augurare

to wish sb. joy o happiness augurare a qcn. di essere felice; to wish sb. joy with sth., sb. iron. augurare a qcn. buona fortuna con qcs., qcn.; we wished each other goodbye and good luck ci salutammo e ci augurammo a vicenda buona fortuna; I wished him well — gli augurai ogni bene

3) (want) form. volere; (weaker) desiderare
2.
verbo intransitivo

1) (desire, want) volere, desiderare

just as you wish — come vuoi

what more could one wish for? — cos'altro si potrebbe desiderare?

2) (in fairy story or ritual) esprimere un desiderio

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- wish on

English-Italian dictionary > wish
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1. transitive verb
1) (desire, hope) wünschen

I wish I was or were rich — ich wollte od. (geh.) wünschte, ich wäre reich

I do wish he would come — wenn er nur kommen würde

I wish you would shut up — es wäre mir lieb, wenn du den Mund hieltest

‘wish you were here’ — (on postcard) "schade, dass du nicht hier bist"

2) with inf. (want) wünschen (geh.)

I wish to go — ich möchte od. will gehen

I wish you to stay — ich möchte od. will, dass du bleibst

3) (say that one hopes somebody will have something) wünschen

wish somebody luck/success — etc. jemandem Glück/Erfolg usw. wünschen

wish somebody good morning/a happy birthday — jemandem guten Morgen sagen/zum Geburtstag gratulieren

wish somebody ill/well — jemandem [etwas] Schlechtes/alles Gute wünschen

4) (coll.): (foist)

wish somebody/something on somebody — jemandem jemanden/etwas aufhalsen (ugs.)
2. intransitive verb
wünschen

come on, wish! — nun, wünsch dir was!

wish for something — sich (Dat.) etwas wünschen

what more could one wish for? — was will man mehr?

they have everything they could possibly wish for — sie haben alles, was sie sich (Dat.) nur wünschen können
3. noun
1) Wunsch, der

her wish is that... — es ist ihr Wunsch od. sie wünscht, dass...

I have no [great/particular] wish to go — ich habe keine [große/besondere] Lust zu gehen

make a wish — sich (Dat.) etwas wünschen

with best/[all] good wishes, with every good wish — mit den besten/allen guten Wünschen (on, for zu)

2) (thing desired)

get or have one's wish — seinen Wunsch erfüllt bekommen

at last he has [got] his wish — endlich ist sein Wunsch in Erfüllung gegangen

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/93821/wish_away">wish away

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[wiʃ] 1. verb
1) (to have and/or express a desire: There's no point in wishing for a miracle; Touch the magic stone and wish; He wished that she would go away; I wish that I had never met him.) wünschen

2) (to require (to do or have something): Do you wish to sit down, sir?; We wish to book some seats for the theatre; I'll cancel the arrangement if you wish.) wollen

3) (to say that one hopes for (something for someone): I wish you the very best of luck.) wünschen
2. noun
1) (a desire or longing, or the thing desired: It's always been my wish to go to South America some day.) der Wunsch

2) (an expression of desire: The fairy granted him three wishes; Did you make a wish?) der Wunsch

3) ((usually in plural) an expression of hope for success etc for someone: He sends you his best wishes.) die Glückwünsche (pl.)

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- wishful thinking
- wishing-well
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wish

[wɪʃ]

I. n

<pl -es>

1. (desire) Wunsch m, Verlangen nt

against the \wishes of the party members gegen den Willen der Parteimitglieder

it was your mother's dearest/greatest/last \wish es war der sehnlichste/größte/letzte Wunsch deiner Mutter

your \wish is my command! dein Wunsch sei mir Befehl! hum

to express a \wish einen Wunsch äußern

to have a \wish sich dat etwas wünschen

to have no \wish to do sth keine Lust haben [o geh nicht das Verlangen verspüren], etw zu tun

he had no \wish to go through the experience again er wollte diese Erfahrung nicht noch einmal durchmachen

I've no \wish to be offensive, but... ich möchte niemandem zu nahe treten, aber...

2. (thing desired) Wunsch m

may all your \wishes come true mögen alle deine Wünsche in Erfüllung gehen

to get [or have] one's \wish seinen Willen bekommen

well, you've got your \wish, here we are in Paris nun, jetzt hast du deinen Willen — wir sind in Paris

to grant sb a \wish jdm einen Wunsch erfüllen

to make a \wish sich dat etwas wünschen

3. (regards)

▪ \wishes pl Grüße pl

good \wishes for your time at university alles Gute für deine Zeit an der Universität

with best \wishes mit den besten Wünschen

[with] best [or all good] \wishes (at end of letter) mit herzlichen Grüßen, herzliche Grüße

to give [or send] sb one's best \wishes jdn herzlich grüßen [lassen], jdm die besten Wünsche ausrichten [lassen]

please send her my best \wishes for a speedy recovery richten Sie ihr bitte meine besten Wünsche für eine baldige Genesung aus geh

4.

▶ the \wish is father to the thought ( prov) der Wunsch ist der Vater des Gedankens prov

▶ if \wishes were horses[, then beggars would ride] ( saying) wenn das Wörtchen wenn nicht wär'[, wär' mein Vater Millionär] prov

II. vt

1. (be desirous)

▪ to \wish sth etw wünschen

whatever you \wish was immer du möchtest

if that is what you \wish, you shall have it wenn es das ist, was du möchtest, dann sollst du es haben

▪ to \wish [that]... wünschen, dass...; (expressing annoyance) wollen [o erwarten], dass...

I \wish I hadn't said that ich wünschte, ich hätte das nicht gesagt

I do \wish you wouldn't keep calling me ich möchte, dass du endlich aufhörst, mich anzurufen

I \wish she'd shut up for a minute! wenn sie doch nur für einen Moment den Mund halten würde!

2. ( form: want)

▪ to \wish to do sth etw tun wollen

I \wish to make a complaint ich möchte mich beschweren

we don't \wish to be disturbed wir möchten nicht gestört werden

what do you \wish me to do? was kann ich für Sie tun?

passengers \wishing to take the Kings Cross train... Passagiere für den Zug nach Kings Cross...

I don't \wish to worry you, but... ich möchte Sie nicht beunruhigen, aber...

I don't \wish to appear rude, but... ich möchte nicht unhöflich erscheinen, aber...

without \wishing to appear overcritical,... ohne allzu kritisch erscheinen zu wollen,...

▪ to [not] \wish sth [up]on sb jdm etw [nicht] wünschen

I wouldn't \wish it on my worst enemy! das würde ich nicht einmal meinem schlimmsten Feind wünschen!

3. (make a magic wish)

▪ to \wish [that]... sich dat wünschen, dass...

I \wish you were here ich wünschte, du wärst hier

I \wished the day over ich wünschte, der Tag wäre schon vorbei

she \wished herself anywhere but there sie wünschte sich möglichst weit weg

sometimes I \wished myself dead manchmal wollte ich am liebsten tot sein

to \wish oneself back home sich akk nach Hause sehnen

4. (express wishes)

▪ to \wish sb sth jdm etw wünschen

to \wish sb happy birthday jdm zum Geburtstag gratulieren

to \wish sb merry Christmas jdm frohe Weihnachten wünschen

to \wish sb goodnight jdm [eine] gute Nacht wünschen

to \wish sb a safe journey/luck/every success jdm eine gute Reise/Glück/viel Erfolg wünschen

to \wish sb well/ill jdm [viel] Glück [o alles Gute] /nur Schlechtes wünschen

5. ( fam: impose on)

▪ to \wish sb/sth [up]on sb jdm jdn/etw aufhalsen fam

III. vi

1. (want) wollen, wünschen

[just] as you \wish [ganz] wie Sie wünschen

if you \wish wenn Sie es wünschen

▪ to \wish for sth etw wünschen [o wollen]

what more could you \wish for? was kann man sich mehr wünschen?

2. (make a wish)

▪ to \wish for sth sich dat etw wünschen

we couldn't have \wished for a better start wir hätten uns keinen besseren Start wünschen können

they've got everything a normal person could \wish for sie haben alles, was sich ein normaler Mensch nur wünschen kann

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[wɪʃ]
1. n

1) Wunsch m (for nach)

your wish is my command — dein Wunsch ist or sei mir Befehl

I have no great wish to see him — ich habe kein Bedürfnis or keine große Lust, ihn zu sehen

to make a wish — sich (dat) etwas wünschen

you can make three wishes — du hast drei Wünsche

the wish is father to the thought (prov) — der Wunsch ist Vater des Gedankens (prov)

well, you got your wish —

you shall have your wish — dein Wunsch soll (dir) erfüllt werden or soll in Erfüllung gehen

2) wishespl

(in greetings) with best wishes — mit den besten Wünschen or Grüßen, alles Gute

please give him my good wishes — bitte grüßen Sie ihn (vielmals) von mir, bitte richten Sie ihm meine besten Wünsche aus

he sends his best wishes — er lässt (vielmals) grüßen

a message of good wishes — eine Gruß- or Glückwunschbotschaft

best wishes for a speedy recovery — alles Gute für eine baldige Genesung

2. vt

1) (= want) wünschen

I do not wish it — ich möchte or wünsche (form) es nicht

he wishes to be alone/to see you immediately — er möchte allein sein/dich sofort sehen

I wish you to be present — ich wünsche, dass Sie anwesend sind

what do you wish me to do? — was soll ich (bitte) tun?

do you wish more coffee, sir? ( Scot form ) — hätten Sie gern or wünschen Sie noch Kaffee?

2) (= desire, hope, desire sth unlikely) wünschen, wollen

I wish the play would begin — ich wünschte or wollte, das Stück finge an

I wish you'd be quiet — ich wünschte or wollte, du wärest ruhig

how he wished that his wife was or were there — wie sehr er sich (dat) wünschte, dass seine Frau hier wäre

wish you were here — ich wünschte or wollte, du wärest hier

3) (= entertain wishes towards sb) wünschen

to wish sb well/ill — jdm Glück or alles Gute/Schlechtes or Böses wünschen

I don't wish her any harm — ich wünsche ihr nichts Böses

to wish sb good luck/happiness — jdm viel Glück or alles Gute/Glück (und Zufriedenheit) wünschen

4) (= bid, express wish) wünschen

to wish sb a pleasant journey/good morning/merry Christmas — jdm eine gute Reise/guten Morgen/frohe Weihnachten wünschen

to wish sb goodbye — jdm Auf or auf Wiedersehen sagen

5)

to wish a wish — sich (dat) etwas wünschen

he wished himself anywhere but there —

if I could wish myself into the castle — wenn ich mich nur in das Schloss wünschen könnte

3. vi
(= make a wish) sich (dat) etwas wünschen
wishing won't solve the problem — der Wunsch allein wird das Problem nicht lösen

to wish upon a star (liter) — sich (dat) bei einer Sternschnuppe etwas wünschen

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wish [wıʃ]

A v/t

1. wollen, wünschen:

I wish I were there ich wollte, ich wäre dort;

wish sb further ( oder at the devil) jemanden zum Teufel wünschen;

wish o.s. home sich nach Hause sehnen;

wish sb to do sth wünschen, dass jemand etwas tut

2. hoffen:

it is to be wished es ist zu hoffen oder zu wünschen

3. jemandem Glück, Spaß etc wünschen:

wish sb well (ill) jemandem Gutes (Böses) wünschen, jemandem wohlwollen (übelwollen);

wish sb good morning jemandem guten Morgen wünschen;

wish sb (sth) on sb jemandem jemanden (etwas) aufhalsen;

I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy das würde ich nicht einmal meinem ärgsten Feind wünschen; → birthday A, joy A 1, luck A 2

4. jemanden ersuchen, bitten ( beide:

to do zu tun)

B v/i (for) sich sehnen (nach), sich (etwas) wünschen:

I have been wishing for you to come ich habe mir gewünscht, dass du kommst;

he cannot wish for anything better er kann sich nichts Besseres wünschen;

as you wish wie Sie wünschen oder wollen

C s

1. Wunsch m:

a) Verlangen n ( for nach)

b) Bitte f ( for um)

c) (das) Gewünschte:

you shall have your wish du sollst haben, was du dir wünschst;

what’s your Christmas wish? was wünschst du dir zu Weihnachten?;

if wishes were horses, beggars would ride (Sprichwort) es hat keinen Sinn, sich Unmögliches zu wünschen; → father A 5

2. pl (gute) Wünsche pl, Glückwünsche pl

* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (desire, hope) wünschen

I wish I was or were rich — ich wollte od. (geh.) wünschte, ich wäre reich

I do wish he would come — wenn er nur kommen würde

I wish you would shut up — es wäre mir lieb, wenn du den Mund hieltest

‘wish you were here’ — (on postcard) "schade, dass du nicht hier bist"

2) with inf. (want) wünschen (geh.)

I wish to go — ich möchte od. will gehen

I wish you to stay — ich möchte od. will, dass du bleibst

3) (say that one hopes somebody will have something) wünschen

wish somebody luck/success — etc. jemandem Glück/Erfolg usw. wünschen

wish somebody good morning/a happy birthday — jemandem guten Morgen sagen/zum Geburtstag gratulieren

wish somebody ill/well — jemandem [etwas] Schlechtes/alles Gute wünschen

4) (coll.): (foist)

wish somebody/something on somebody — jemandem jemanden/etwas aufhalsen (ugs.)
2. intransitive verb
wünschen

come on, wish! — nun, wünsch dir was!

wish for something — sich (Dat.) etwas wünschen

what more could one wish for? — was will man mehr?

they have everything they could possibly wish for — sie haben alles, was sie sich (Dat.) nur wünschen können
3. noun
1) Wunsch, der

her wish is that... — es ist ihr Wunsch od. sie wünscht, dass...

I have no [great/particular] wish to go — ich habe keine [große/besondere] Lust zu gehen

make a wish — sich (Dat.) etwas wünschen

with best/[all] good wishes, with every good wish — mit den besten/allen guten Wünschen (on, for zu)

2) (thing desired)

get or have one's wish — seinen Wunsch erfüllt bekommen

at last he has [got] his wish — endlich ist sein Wunsch in Erfüllung gegangen

Phrasal Verbs:

- wish away

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v.

wünschen v. n.

Wunsch -¨e m.

English-german dictionary > wish
7 wish

[wɪʃ] n <pl - es>

1)

( desire) Wunsch m, Verlangen nt;

against the \wishes of the party members gegen den Willen der Parteimitglieder;

it was your mother's dearest/ greatest/last \wish es war der sehnlichste/größte/letzte Wunsch deiner Mutter;

your \wish is my command! dein Wunsch sei mir Befehl! ( hum)

to express a \wish einen Wunsch äußern;

to have a \wish sich dat etwas wünschen;

to have no \wish to do sth keine Lust haben [o ( geh) nicht das Verlangen verspüren], etw zu tun;

he had no \wish to go through the experience again er wollte diese Erfahrung nicht noch einmal durchmachen;

I've no \wish to be offensive, but... ich möchte niemandem zu nahe treten, aber...

2) ( thing desired) Wunsch m;

may all your \wishes come true mögen alle deine Wünsche in Erfüllung gehen;

to get [or have] one's \wish seinen Willen bekommen;

well, you've got your \wish, here we are in Paris nun, jetzt hast du deinen Willen - wir sind in Paris;

to grant sb a \wish jdm einen Wunsch erfüllen;

to make a \wish sich dat etwas wünschen

3) ( regards)

\wishes pl Grüße mpl;

good \wishes for your time at university alles Gute für deine Zeit an der Universität;

with best \wishes mit den besten Wünschen;

[with] best [or all good] \wishes ( at end of letter) mit herzlichen Grüßen, herzliche Grüße;

to give [or send] sb one's best \wishes jdn herzlich grüßen [lassen], jdm die besten Wünsche ausrichten [lassen];

please send her my best \wishes for a speedy recovery richten Sie ihr bitte meine besten Wünsche für eine baldige Genesung aus ( geh)

PHRASES:

the \wish is father to the thought ( to the thought) der Wunsch ist der Vater des Gedankens ( prov)

if \wishes were horses[, then beggars would ride] ([, then beggars would ride]) wenn das Wörtchen wenn nicht wär'[, wär' mein Vater Millionär] ( prov) vt

1) ( be desirous)

to \wish sth etw wünschen;

whatever you \wish was immer du möchtest;

if that is what you \wish, you shall have it wenn es das ist, was du möchtest, dann sollst du es haben;

to \wish [that]... wünschen, dass...;

( expressing annoyance) wollen [o erwarten], dass...;

I \wish I hadn't said that ich wünschte, ich hätte das nicht gesagt;

I do \wish you wouldn't keep calling me ich möchte, dass du endlich aufhörst, mich anzurufen;

I \wish she'd shut up for a minute! wenn sie doch nur für einen Moment den Mund halten würde!

2) (form: want)

to \wish to do sth etw tun wollen;

I \wish to make a complaint ich möchte mich beschweren;

we don't \wish to be disturbed wir möchten nicht gestört werden;

what do you \wish me to do? was kann ich für Sie tun?;

passengers \wishing to take the Kings Cross train... Passagiere für den Zug nach Kings Cross...;

I don't \wish to worry you, but... ich möchte Sie nicht beunruhigen, aber...;

I don't \wish to appear rude, but... ich möchte nicht unhöflich erscheinen, aber...;

without \wishing to appear overcritical,... ohne allzu kritisch erscheinen zu wollen,...;

to [not] \wish sth [up]on sb jdm etw [nicht] wünschen;

I wouldn't \wish it on my worst enemy! das würde ich nicht einmal meinem schlimmsten Feind wünschen!

3) ( make a magic wish)

to \wish [that]... sich dat wünschen, dass...;

I \wish you were here ich wünschte, du wärst hier;

I \wished the day over ich wünschte, der Tag wäre schon vorbei;

she \wished herself anywhere but there sie wünschte sich möglichst weit weg;

sometimes I \wished myself dead manchmal wollte ich am liebsten tot sein;

to \wish oneself back home sich akk nach Hause sehnen

4) ( express wishes)

to \wish sb sth jdm etw wünschen;

to \wish sb happy birthday jdm zum Geburtstag gratulieren;

to \wish sb merry Christmas jdm frohe Weihnachten wünschen;

to \wish sb goodnight jdm [eine] gute Nacht wünschen;

to \wish sb a safe journey/ luck/ every success jdm eine gute Reise/Glück/viel Erfolg wünschen;

to \wish sb well/ ill jdm [viel] Glück [o alles Gute] /nur Schlechtes wünschen

5) (fam: impose on)

to \wish sb/sth [up]on sb jdm jdn/etw aufhalsen ( fam) vi

1) ( want) wollen, wünschen;

[just] as you \wish [ganz] wie Sie wünschen;

if you \wish wenn Sie es wünschen;

to \wish for sth etw wünschen [o wollen];

what more could you \wish for? was kann man sich mehr wünschen?

2) ( make a wish)

to \wish for sth sich dat etw wünschen;

we couldn't have \wished for a better start wir hätten uns keinen besseren Start wünschen können;

they've got everything a normal person could \wish for sie haben alles, was sich ein normaler Mensch nur wünschen kann

English-German students dictionary > wish
8 volo

1.
vŏlo (2 d pers. sing. vis, orig. veis, Prisc. 9, 1, 6, p. 847 P.; 1 st pers. plur. volumus, but volimus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89 Speng.; 3 d pers. sing. volt, and 2 d pers. plur. voltis always in ante-class. writers;
also volt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Sest. 42, 90; id. Phil. 8, 9, 26; id. Par. 5, 1, 34; id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:
voltis,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 122; 2, 3, 94, § 219; 2, 5, 5, § 11; 2, 3, 89, § 208; id. Clu. 30, 83; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 33; id. Sest. 30, 64; id. Par. 1, 2, 11 et saep. — Pres. subj. velim, but sometimes volim, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 44 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. 9, 1, 8, p. 848 P.;
so volint,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 65 Ritschl), velle, volui ( part. fut. voliturus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 712; contr. forms, vin for visne, freq. in Plaut. and Ter., also Hor. S. 1, 9, 69; Pers. 6, 63:
sis for si vis,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; id. Merc. 4, 4, 37; id. Pers. 3, 3, 8; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Mil. 22, 60; Liv. 34, 32, 20:
sultis for si voltis, only ante-class.,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8; id. As. prol. 1; id. Capt. 2, 3, 96; 3, 5, 9; 4, 4, 11), v. irreg. a. [Sanscr. var-; Gr. bol-, boulomai; cf. the strengthened root Wel- in eeldomai, elpomai; Germ. wollen; Engl. will], expressing any exercise of volition, and corresponding, in most cases, to the Germ. wollen; in Engl. mostly rendered, to wish, want, intend, purpose, propose, be willing, consent, mean, will, and, impersonally, it is my will, purpose, intention, plan, policy (syn.: cupio, opto; but volo properly implies a purpose).
I.
In gen.
A.
With object-infinitive.
1.
With pres. inf.
a.
To wish.
(α).
Exire ex urbe priusquam luciscat volo, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 35:
potare ego hodie tecum volo,
id. Aul. 3, 6, 33:
ego quoque volo esse liber: nequiquam volo,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 39; so id. ib. 2, 4, 164:
ait rem seriam agere velle mecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 8:
natus enim debet quicunque est velle manere In vita,
Lucr. 5, 177:
video te alte spectare et velle in caelum migrare,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:
quid poetae? Nonne post mortem nobilitari volunt?
id. ib. 1, 15, 34:
si innocentes existimari volumus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28:
quoniam opinionis meae voluistis esse participes,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 172:
quod eas quoque nationes adire et regiones cognoscere volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:
si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,
id. ib. 3, 8 fin.:
dominari illi volunt, vos liberi esse,
Sall. J. 31, 23:
si haec relinquere voltis,
id. C. 58, 15:
priusquam liberi estis, dominari jam in adversarios vultis,
Liv. 3, 53, 7:
si quis vestrum suos invisere volt, commeatum do,
id. 21, 21, 5:
non enim vincere tantum noluit, sed vinci voluit,
id. 2, 59, 2:
suspitionem Caesar quibusdam reliquit, neque voluisse se diutius vivere, neque curasse,
Suet. Caes. 85:
Eutrapelus cuicunque nocere volebat, Vestimenta dabat pretiosa,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 31.—
(β).
Idiomatically: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle ut ab iis marmorea illa Venus auferatur? what do you think the Rhegini would take for, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135.—
(γ).
Transf., of things: fabula quae posci vult et spectata reponi, a comedy which wishes (i. e. is meant) to be in demand, etc., Hor. A. P. 190:
neque enim aut hiare semper vocalibus aut destitui temporibus volunt sermo atque epistula,
Quint. 9, 4, 20; cf. id. 8, prooem. 23.—
b.
Of the wishes of those that have a right to command, the gods, masters, parents, commanders, etc., I want, wish, will, am resolved, it is my will:
in acdibus quid tibi meis erat negoti...? Volo scire,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 14; 3, 2, 17; 3, 2, 18; 3, 6, 27; id. Curc. 4, 3, 11; id. Ep. 3, 4, 74; id. Mil. 2, 3, 74; 3, 1, 17; id. Stich. 1, 2, 56; Ter. And. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 17:
maxima voce clamat populus, neque se uni, nec paucis velle parere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55:
consuesse deos immortalis, quos pro scelere eorum ulcisci velint, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:
hic experiri vim virtutemque volo,
Liv. 23, 45, 9.—
c.
= in animo habere, to intend, purpose, mean, design:
ac volui inicere tragulam in nostrum senem,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 14:
eadem quae illis voluisti facere tu, faciunt tibi,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 11; so id. Most. 2, 2, 5:
puerumque clam voluit exstinguere,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 23:
necare candem voluit,
Cic. Cael. 13, 31: quid enim ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum [p. 2005] tacentem te irretiat an loquentem? id. Ac. 2, 29, 94:
hostis hostem occidere volui,
Liv. 2, 12, 9; 7, 34, 11: volui interdiu eum... occidere; volui, cum ad cenam invitavi, veneno scilicet tollere;
volui... ferro interficere (ironically),
id. 40, 13, 2:
tuum crimen erit, hospitem occidere voluisse,
the intention to kill your guest-friend, Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 fin.; 6, 1, 8:
non enim vult mori, sed invidiam filio facere,
Quint. 9, 2, 85.—
Pregn., opp. optare: non vult mori qui optat,
Sen. Ep. 117, 24:
sed eo die is, cui dare volueram (epistulam), non est profectus,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1:
cum de senectute vellem aliquid scribere,
id. Sen. 1, 2:
ego te volui castigare, tu mihi accussatrix ades,
Plaut. As. 3, 1, 10:
bonus volo jam ex hoc die esse,
id. Pers. 4, 3, 10:
ego jam a principio amici filiam, Ita ut aequom fuerat, volui uxorem ducere,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 46:
at etiam eo negotio M. Catonis splendorem maculare voluerunt,
it was their purpose, Cic. Sest. 28, 60:
eum (tumulum) non tam capere sine certamine volebat, quam causam certaminis cum Minucio contrahere,
his plan was, Liv. 22, 28, 4.—Of things:
cum lex venditionibus occurrere voluit,
when it was the purpose of the law, Dig. 46, 1, 46: sed quid ea drachuma facere vis? Ca. Restim volo Mihi emere... qui me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87: Ch. Revorsionem ad terram faciunt vesperi. Ni. Aurum hercle auferre voluere, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 63:
si iis qui haec omnia flamma ac ferro delere voluerunt... bellum indixi, etc.,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 10, 24:
(plebem) per caedem senatus vacuam rem publicam tradere Hannibali velle,
Liv. 23, 2, 7:
rem Nolanam in jus dicionemque dare voluerat Poeno,
id. 23, 15, 9: qui (majores nostri) tanta cura Siculos tueri ac retinere voluerunt ut, etc., whose policy it was to protect, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 14:
ut qui a principio mitis omnibus Italicis praeter Romanos videri vellet, etc.,
Liv. 23, 15, 4: idem istuc, si in vilitate largiri voluisses, derisum tuum beneficium esset, if you had offered to grant the same thing during low prices, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215.—
d.
= studere, conari, to try, endeavor, attempt:
quas (i. e. magnas res) qui impedire vult, is et infirmus est mobilisque natura, et, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 20, 75:
nam si quando id (exordium) primum invenire volui, nullum mihi occurrit, nisi aut exile, aut, etc.,
id. Or. 2, 77, 315:
de Antonio dico, numquam illum... nonnullorum de ipso suspitionem infitiando tollere voluisse,
that he never attempted to remove, id. Sest. 3, 8; id. Div. 1, 18, 35:
audes Fatidicum fallere velle deum?
do you dare attempt? Ov. F. 2, 262.—
e.
To mean, of actions and expressions:
hic respondere voluit, non lacessere,
the latter meant to answer, not to provoke, Ter. Phorm. prol. 19:
non te judices urbi sed carceri reservarunt, neque to retinere in civitate, sed exilio privare voluerunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9.—So, volo dicere, I mean (lit. I intend to say):
quid aliud volui dicere?
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 51:
volo autem dicere, illud homini longe optimum esse quod ipsum sit optandum per se,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46.—Often with the acc. illud or id, as a correction: Tr. Specta quam arcte dormiunt. Th. Dormiunt? Tr. Illut quidem ut conivent volui dicere, I mean how they nod, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 145: Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, id. Mil. 1, 1, 27:
adduxi volui dicere,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 21; id. Am. 1, 1, 233; 1, 1, 235; id. Cas. 2, 6, 14; id. Mil. 3, 2, 7; id. Ps. 3, 2, 54; id. Rud. 2, 4, 9.—
f.
To be going to: haec argumenta ego aedificiis dixi; nunc etiam volo docere ut homines aedium esse similes arbitremini, now I am going to show how, etc., Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 37: quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare, I am going to worship here, etc., id. Curc. 4, 2, 41:
nunc quod relicuom restat volo persolvere,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 40:
sustine hoc, Penicule, exuvias facere quas vovi volo,
id. Men. 1, 3, 13:
sinite me prospectare ne uspiam insidiae sint, consilium quod habere volumus,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 3; id. As. 2, 2, 113; id. Cas. 4, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 61:
si Prometheus, cum mortalibus ignem dividere vellet, ipse a vicinis carbunculos conrogaret, ridiculus videretur,
Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:
ait se velle de illis HS. LXXX. cognoscere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:
hinc se recipere cum vellent, rursus illi ex loco superiore nostros premebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45. —
g.
To be about to, on the point of: quom mittere signum Volt, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.):
quotiens ire volo foras, retines me, rogitas quo ego eam,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 5:
quae sese in ignem inicere voluit, prohibui,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 113:
si scires aspidem latere uspiam, et velle aliquem imprudentem super eam adsidere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Div. 1, 52, 118:
quod cum facere vellent, intervenit M. Manilius,
id. Rep. 1, 12, 18:
qui cum opem ferre vellet, nuntiatum sibi esse aliam classem ad Aegates insulas stare,
Liv. 22, 56, 7:
at Libys obstantes dum vult obvertere remos, In spatium resilire manus breve vidit,
Ov. M. 3, 676; 1, 635:
P. Claudius cum proelium navale committere vellet,
Val. Max. 1, 4, 3.—
h.
Will, and in oblique discourse and questions would, the auxiliaries of the future and potential: animum advortite: Comediai nomen dari vobis volo, I will give you, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 30:
sed, nisi molestum est, nomen dare vobis volo comediai,
id. Poen. prol. 50:
vos ite intro. Interea ego ex hac statua verberea volo erogitare... quid sit factum,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 30:
i tu atque arcessi illam: ego intus quod facto est opus volo adcurare,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 35; id. Cist. 1, 1, 113; id. Most. 1, 1, 63; id. Poen. 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 3, 85; id. Rud. 1, 2, 33: cum vero (gemitus) nihil imminuat doloris, cur frustra turpes esse volumus? why will ( would) we be disgraceful to no purpose? Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:
illa enim (ars) te, verum si loqui volumus, ornaverat,
id. ib. 1, 47, 112:
ergo, si vere aestimare volumus, etc.,
Val. Max. 7, 5, 6:
si vere aestimare Macedonas, qui tunc erant, volumus,
Curt. 4, 16, 33:
ejus me compotem facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, etc.,
Liv. 7, 40, 5:
visne igitur, dum dies ista venit... interea tu ipse congredi mecum ut, etc....?
id. 8, 7, 7:
volo tibi Chrysippi quoque distinctionem indicare,
Sen. Ep. 9, 14: vis tu homines urbemque feris praeponere silvis? will you prefer, etc., Hor. S. 2, 6, 92; cf. velim and vellem, would, II. A. 2.—
k.
Sometimes volui = mihi placuit, I resolved, concluded (generally, in this meaning, followed by an infinitive clause, v. I. B. 4.):
uti tamen tuo consilio volui,
still I concluded to follow your advice, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.—
1.
To be willing, ready, to consent, like to do something: si sine bello velint rapta... tradere... se exercitum domum reducturum, if they were willing, would consent to, would deliver, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52:
is dare volt, is se aliquid posci,
likes to give, id. As. 1, 3, 29:
hoc dixit, si hoc de cella concederetur, velle Siculos senatui polliceri frumentum in cellam gratis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 200:
ei laxiorem daturos, si venire ad causam dicendam vellet,
Liv. 39, 17, 2; 5, 36, 4: nemo invenitur qui pecuniam suam dividere velit. Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 1:
plerique concessam sibi sub condicione vitam si militare adversus eum vellent, recusarunt,
Suet. Caes. 68:
dedere etiam se volebant, si toleranda viris imperarentur,
Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12.—So with negatives, to be not willing, not to suffer, not to like, not to allow, refuse:
heri nemo voluit Sostratam intro admittere,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 49:
cum alter verum audire non vult,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98: a proximis quisque minime anteiri vult, likes least to be surpassed, etc., Liv. 6, 34, 7:
nihil ex his praeter... accipere voluit,
refused to accept, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4.—
m.
To do something voluntarily or intentionally: volo facere = mea voluntate or sponte facio: si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo;
si jussus est, necessitati,
if he accused of his own free will, I ascribe it to his filial love, Cic. Cael. 1, 2:
utrum statuas voluerint tibi statuere, an coacti sint,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:
de risu quinque sunt quae quaerantur... sitne oratoris risum velle permovere,
on purpose, id. Or. 2, 58, 235:
laedere numquam velimus,
Quint. 6, 3, 28.—So, non velle with inf., to do something unwillingly, with reluctance:
vivere noluit qui mori non vult,
who dies with reluctance, Sen. Ep. 30, 10.—
n.
To be of opinion, think, mean, pretend (rare with inf.; usu. with acc. and inf.; v. B. 8.):
haec tibi scripsi ut isto ipso in genere in quo aliquid posse vis, te nihil esse cognosceres,
in which you imagine you have some influence, Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:
in hoc homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult, quod ita scribit, etc.,
pretends, means to be, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: sed idem Aelius Stoicus esse voluit, orator autem nec studuit um quam, nec fuit, id. Brut. 56, 206:
Pythago. ras, qui etiam ipse augur esse vellet,
id. Div. 1, 3, 5.—
o.
To like, have no objection to, approve of (cf. E. 1. sq.):
magis eum delectat qui se ait philosophari velle sed paucis: nam omnino haud placere,
that he liked, had no objection to philosophizing, Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; v. also II. A.—
2.
With pres. inf. understood.
a.
Supplied from a preceding or subsequent clause.
(α).
To wish, it is his will, etc. (cf. 1. a. and b. supra):
nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo, i. e. vivere,
as I wish, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111: quod diu vivendo multa quae non volt (i. e. videre) videt, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25:
proinde licet quotvis vivendo condere saecla,
Lucr. 3, 1090:
nec tantum proficiebam quantum volebam,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1:
tot autem rationes attulit, ut velle (i. e. persuadere) ceteris, sibi certe persuasisse videatur,
id. Tusc. 1, 21, 49:
sed liceret, si velint, in Ubiorum finibus considere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 81:
quo praesidio senatus libere quae vellet decernere auderet,
id. B. C. 1, 2.—Of things:
neque chorda sonum reddit quem vult manus et mens,
Hor. A. P. 348.—
(β).
To choose, be pleased (freq.):
tum mihi faciat quod volt magnus Juppiter,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 50:
id repetundi copia est, quando velis,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 7:
habuit aurum quamdiu voluit,
Cic. Cael. 13, 31:
rapiebat et asportabat quantum a quoque volebat Apronius,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:
provincias quas vellet, quibus vellet, venderet?
id. Sest. 39, 84:
quotiens ille tibi potestatem facturus sit ut eligas utrum velis,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:
daret utrum vellet subclamatum est,
Liv. 21, 18, 14:
senatus consultum factum est ut plebes praeficeret quaestioni quem vellet,
id. 4, 51, 2:
saxi materiaeque caedendae unde quisque vellet jus factum,
id. 5, 55, 3; cf. id. 2, 13, 9; 5, 46, 10; 6, 25, 5; 22, 10, 23; 23, 6, 2; 23, 15, 15; 23, 45, 10; 23, 47, 2;
26, 21, 11: vicem suam conquestus, quod sibi soli non liceret amicis, quatenus vellet, irasci,
Suet. Aug. 66:
at tu quantum vis tolle,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—
(γ).
To intend, it is my purpose, etc. (v. 1. c. supra):
sine me pervenire quo volo,
let me come to my point, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 44:
scripsi igitur Aristotelio more, quemadmodum quidem volui, tres libros... de Oratore,
as I intended, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:
ut meliore condicione quam qua ipse vult imitetur homines eos qui, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 25:
ego istos posse vincere scio, velle ne scirem ipsi fecerunt,
Liv. 2, 45, 12. —
(δ).
To be willing, to consent, I will (v. 1. h. and l. supra): tu eum orato... St. Sane volo, yes, I will, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 57:
jube me vinciri. Volo, dum istic itidem vinciatur,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 75:
patri dic velle (i. e. uxorem ducere),
that you consent, are willing, Ter. And. 2, 3, 20 (cf.: si vis, II. A. 2, and sis, supra init.).—
(ε).
To do something voluntarily (v. 1. m. supra):
tu selige tantum, Me quoque velle velis, anne coactus amem,
Ov. Am. 3, 11, 50.—
b.
With ellipsis of inf.
(α).
Volo, with a designation of place, = ire volo:
nos in Formiano morabamur, quo citius audiremus: deinde Arpinum volebamus,
I intended to go to Arpinum, Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:
volo mensi Quinctili in Graeciam,
id. ib. 14, 7, 2:
hactenus Vitellius voluerat (i. e. procedere),
Tac. A. 12, 42 fin. —
(β).
With other omissions, supplied from context: volo Dolabellae valde desideranti, non reperio quid (i. e. to dedicate some writing to him), Cic. Att. 13, 13, 2.—
(γ).
In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 7; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16; 2. 19, 2; Prop. 1, 13, 36.—
3.
With perfect infinitive active (rare).
a.
In negative imperative sentences dependent on ne velis, ne velit (in oblique discourse also ne vellet), where ne velis has the force of noli. The perfect infinitive emphatically represents the action as completed (ante-class. and poet.).
(α).
In ancient ordinances of the Senate and of the higher officers (not in laws proper): NEIQVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET... BACAS VIR NEQVIS ADIESE VELET CEIVIS ROMANVS... NEVE PECVNIAM QVISQVAM EORVM COMOINEM HABVISE VELET... NEVE... QVIQVAM FECISE VELET. NEVE INTER SED CONIOVRASE, NEVE COMVOVISE NEVE CONSPONDISE, etc., S. C. de Bacch. 4-13 ap. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172.—So, in quoting such ordinances: per totam Italiam edicta mitti ne quis qui Bacchis initiatus esset, coisse aut convenisse causa sacrorum velit. [p. 2006] neu quid talis rei divinae fecisse, Liv. 39, 14, 8:
edixerunt ne quis quid fugae causa vendidisse neve emisse vellet,
id. 39, 17, 3. —
(β).
In imitation of official edicts: (vilicus) ne quid emisse velit insciente domino, neu quid domino celasse velit, the overseer must not buy any thing, etc., Cato, R. R. 5, 4:
interdico, ne extulisse extra aedis puerum usquam velis,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:
oscula praecipue nulla dedisse velis (= noli dare),
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38:
ne quis humasse velit Ajacem, Atride, vetas? Cur?
Hor. S. 2, 3, 187.—
b.
In affirmative sentences, implying command (in any mood or tense; mostly poet.): neminem nota strenui aut ignavi militis notasse volui, I have decided to mark no one, etc., Liv. 24, 16, 11: quia pepercisse vobis volunt, committere vos cur pereatis non patiuntur, because they have decided to spare you, etc., id. 32, 21, 33:
sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus (= volumus),
which should be pardoned, Hor. A. P. 347.—
c.
To represent the will as referring to a completed action.
(α).
In optative sentences with vellem or velim, v. II. B. 5. b. a, and II. C. 1. b.—
(β).
In other sentences ( poet. and post-class.): ex omnibus praediis ex quibus non hac mente recedimus ut omisisse possessionem velimus, with the will to abandon (omittere would denote the purpose to give up at some future time), Dig. 43, 16, 1, § 25; so,
an erit qui velle recuset Os populi meruisse?
Pers. 1, 41:
qui me volet incurvasse querela,
id. 1, 91.
B.
With acc. and inf.
1.
To wish (v. A. 1. a.).
a.
With a different subject: hoc volo scire te: Perditus sum miser, I wish you to know, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 46:
deos volo consilia vostra vobis recte vortere,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 31:
emere oportet quem tibi oboedire velis,
id. Pers. 2, 4, 2:
scin' quid nunc te facere volo?
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 85:
si perpetuam vis esse adfinitatem hanc,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:
consul ille egit eas res quarum me participem esse voluit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:
vim volumus exstingui: jus valeat necesse est,
id. Sest. 42, 92:
nec mihi hunc errorem extorqueri volo,
id. Sen. 23, 85:
hoc te scire volui,
id. Att. 7, 18, 4:
harum causarum fuit justissima quod Germanos suis quoque rebus timere voluit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 16:
ut equites qui salvam esse rempublicam vellent ex equis desilirent,
Liv. 4, 38, 2:
si me vivere vis recteque videre valentem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 3:
si vis me flere, dolendum est Primum ipsi tibi,
id. A. P. 102.—With pass. inf. impers.:
regnari tamen omnes volebant,
that there should be a king, Liv. 1, 17, 3:
mihi volo ignosci,
I wish to be pardoned, Cic. Or. 1, 28, 130:
volt sibi quisque credi,
Liv. 22, 22, 14. —
b.
With the same subject.
(α).
With inf. act.:
quae mihi est spes qua me vivere velim,
what hope have I, that I should wish to live? Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 33:
volo me placere Philolachi,
id. Most. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 47; id. Rud. 2, 6, 1:
judicem esse me, non doctorem volo,
Cic. Or. 33, 117:
vult, credo, se esse carum suis,
id. Sen. 20, 73; so id. Off. 1, 31, 113; id. de Or. 1, 24, 112; 2, 23, 95. —
(β).
With inf. pass.:
quod certiorem te vis fieri quo quisque in me animo sit,
Cic. Att. 11, 13, 1; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:
qui se ex his minus timidos existimari volebant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; cf. id. B. C. 2, 29:
religionis se causa... Bacchis initiari velle,
Liv. 39, 10, 2:
Agrippae se nepotem neque credi neque dici volebat,
Suet. Calig. 22 fin. —
2.
Of the will of superiors, gods, etc. (cf. A. 1. b. supra), I want, it is my will:
me absente neminem volo intromitti,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 21:
viros nostros quibus tu voluisti esse nos matres familias,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 41; id. Most. 1, 4, 2; id. Rud. 4, 5, 9; id. Trin. 1, 2, 1:
pater illum alterum (filium) secum omni tempore volebat esse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:
(deus) quinque reliquis motibus orbem esse voluit expertem,
id. Univ. 10; cf. id. Sest. 69, 147; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 57; 1, 5, 14:
causa mittendi fuit quod iter per Alpes... patefieri volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 9; id. B. C. 1, 4:
quippe (senatus) foedum hominem a republica procul esse volebat,
Sall. C. 19, 2:
nec (di) patefieri (crimina) ut impunita essent, sed ut vindicarentur voluerunt,
Liv. 39, 16, 11; cf. id. 1, 56, 3; 2, 28, 5; 25, 32, 6:
senatus... Romano sanguini pudicitiam tutam esse voluit,
Val. Max. 6, 1, 9; cf. id. 6, 9, 2.—So in the historians: quid fieri vellet (velit), after a verbum imperandi or declarandi, he gave his orders, explained his will:
quid fieri velit praecipit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:
ibi quid fieri vellet imperabat,
id. ib. 7, 16:
quid fieri vellet ostendit,
id. ib. 7, 27:
quae fieri vellet edocuit,
id. B. C. 3, 108; cf. id. B. G. 7, 45; id. B. C. 3, 78; 3, 89:
quid fieri vellet edixit,
Curt. 8, 10, 30; 4, 13, 24; Val. Max. 7, 4, 2.— Frequently majores voluerunt, it was the will of our ancestors, referring to ancient customs and institutions:
sacra Cereris summa majores nostri religione confici caerimoniaque voluerunt,
Cic. Balb. 24, 55: majores vestri ne vos quidem temere coire voluerunt, cf. id. ib. 17, 39; 23, 54; id. Agr. 2, 11, 26; id. Fl. 7, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 39; id. Div. 1, 45, 103; id. Font. 24, 30 (10, 20); id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70.—Of testamentary dispositions: cum Titius, heres meus, mortuus erit, volo hereditatem meam ad P. Mevium pertinere, Gai Inst. 2, 277. Except in the institution of the first heir: at illa (institutio) non est comprobata: Titum heredem esse volo, Gai Inst. 2, 117. —
3.
Of the intention of a writer, etc., to want, to mean, intend:
Asinariam volt esse (nomen fabulae) si per vos licet,
Plaut. As. prol. 12:
Plautus hanc mihi gnatam esse voluit Inopiam,
has wanted Poverty to be my daughter, made her my daughter, id. Trin. prol. 9:
primumdum huic esse nomen Diphilus Cyrenas voluit,
id. Rud. prol. 33:
quae ipsi qui scripserunt voluerunt vulgo intellegi,
meant to be understood by all, Cic. Or. 2, 14, 60:
si non hoc intellegi volumus,
id. Fat. 18, 41:
quale intellegi vult Cicero cum dicit orationem suam coepisse canescere,
Quint. 11, 1, 31; so id. 9, 4, 82; 9, 3, 9:
quamquam illi (Prometheo) quoque ferreum anulum dedit antiquitas vinculumque id, non gestamen, intellegi voluit,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 8.—
4.
To resolve:
Siculi... me defensorem calamitatum suarum... esse voluerunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:
si a me causam hanc vos (judices) agi volueritis,
if you resolve, id. ib. 8, 25:
senatus te voluit mihi nummos, me tibi frumentum dare,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:
qua (statua) abjecta, basim tamen in foro manere voluerunt,
id. ib. 2, 2, 66, §
160: liberam debere esse Galliam quam (senatus) suis legibus uti voluisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45:
tu Macedonas tibi voluisti genua ponere, venerarique te ut deum,
Curt. 8 (7), 13.— Hence,
5.
To order, command: erus meus tibi me salutem multam voluit dicere, has ordered me, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 25:
montem quem a Labieno occupari voluerit,
which he had ordered to be occupied, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:
ibi futuros esse Helvetios ubi eos Caesar... esse voluisset,
id. ib. 1, 13 (for velitis jubeatis with inf.-clause, v. II. B. 5. d.).—
6.
To consent, allow (cf. A. 1. I.):
obtinuere ut (tribuni) tribuniciae potestatis vires salubres vellent reipublicae esse,
they prevailed upon them to permit the tribunitian power to be wholesome to the republic, Liv. 2, 44, 5:
Hiero tutores... puero reliquit quos precatus est moriens ut juvenum suis potissimum vestigiis insistere vellent,
id. 24, 4, 5:
petere ut eum... publicae etiam curae ac velut tutelae vellent esse (i. e. senatus),
id. 42, 19, 5:
orare tribunos ut uno animo cum consulibus bellum ab urbe ac moenibus propulsari vellent,
id. 3, 69, 5:
quam superesse causam Romanis cur non... incolumis Syracusas esse velint?
id. 25, 28, 8:
si alter ex heredibus voluerit rem a legatario possideri, alter non, ei qui noluit interdictum competet,
Dig. 43, 3, 1, § 15.—So negatively = not to let, not to suffer:
cum P. Attio agebant ne sua pertinacia omnium fortunas perturbari vellet,
Caes. B. C. 2, 36.—
7.
To be of opinion that something should be, to require, demand:
voluisti enim in suo genere unumquemque... esse Roscium,
Cic. Or. 1, 61, 258: eos exercitus quos contra se multos jam annos aluerint velle dimitti, he demanded the disbanding of, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 85:
(Cicero) vult esse auctoritatem in verbis,
Quint. 8, 3, 43:
vult esse Celsus aliquam et superiorem compositionem,
id. 9, 4, 137:
si tantum irasci vis sapientem quantum scelerum indignitas exigit,
Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 4. —
8.
To be of opinion that something is or was, = censere, dicere, but implying that the opinion is erroneous or doubtful, usu. in the third pers., sometimes in the second.
(α).
To imagine, consider:
est genus hominum qui esse se primos omnium rerum volunt, Nec sunt,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:
semper auget adsentator id quod is cujus ad voluntatem dicitur vult esse magnum,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98:
si quis patricius, si quis—quod illi volunt invidiosius esse—Claudius diceret,
Liv. 6, 40, 13.—
(β).
To be of opinion, to hold:
vultis, opinor, nihil esse... in natura praeter ignem,
Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 36:
volunt illi omnes... eadem condicione nasci,
id. Div. 2, 44, 93:
vultis evenire omnia fato,
id. ib. 2, 9, 24:
alteri censent, etc., alteri volunt a rebus fatum omne relegari,
id. Fat. 19, 45:
vultis a dis immortalibus hominibus dispertiri somnia,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; id. Fin. 3, 11, 36; id. Rep. 2, 26, 48:
volunt quidam... iram in pectore moveri effervescente circa cor sanguine,
Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 3.—
(γ).
To say, assert:
si tam familiaris erat Clodiae quam tu esse vis,
as you say he is, Cic. Cael. 21, 53:
sit sane tanta quanta tu illam esse vis,
id. Or. 1, 55, 23:
ad pastum et ad procreandi voluptatem hoc divinum animal procreatum esse voluerunt: quo nihil mihi videtur esse absurdius,
id. Fin. 2, 13, 40; 2, 17, 55; 2, 42, 131; 2, 46, 142; id. Fat. 18, 41.—With perf. inf.:
Rhodi ego non fui: me vult fuisse,
Cic. Planc. 34, 84.—
(δ).
To pretend, with perf. inf., both subjects denoting the same person:
unde homines dum se falso terrore coacti Effugisse volunt, etc.,
Lucr. 3, 69 (cf. A. 1. n. supra).—
(ε).
To mean, with perf. inf.:
utrum scientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an inscientem?
Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With pres. inf.:
quam primum istud, quod esse vis?
what do you mean by as soon as possible? Sen. Ep. 117, 24.—
(ζ).
Rarely in the first pers., implying that the opinion is open to discussion:
ut et mihi, quae ego vellem non esse oratoris, concederes,
what according to my opinion is not the orator's province, Cic. Or. 1, 17, 74.—
9.
In partic.
a.
With things as subjects.
(α).
Things personified:
ne res publica quidem haec pro se suscipi volet,
would have such things done for it, Cic. Off. 1, 45, 159:
cui tacere grave sit, quod homini facillimum voluerit esse natura,
which nature willed should be easiest for man, Curt. 4, 6, 6: fortuna Q. Metellum... nasci in urbe terrarum principe voluit, fate ordained that, etc., Val. Max. 7, 1, 1: nihil rerum ipsa natura voluit magnum effici cito, it is the law of nature that, etc., Quint. 10, 3, 4:
quid non ingenio voluit natura licere?
what license did nature refuse to genius? Mart. 8, 68, 9:
me sine, quem semper voluit fortuna jacere,
Prop. 1, 6, 25:
hanc me militiam fata subire volunt,
id. 1, 6, 30.—
(β).
Of laws, to provide:
duodecim tabulae nocturnum furem... interfici impune voluerunt,
Cic. Mil. 3, 9:
lex duodecim tabularum tignum aedibus junctum... solvi prohibuit, pretiumque ejus dari voluit,
Dig. 46, 3, 98, § 8 fin. (cf. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21, b. a, infra).—
b.
With perf. pass. inf., to represent a state or result wished for.
(α).
The inf. being in full, with esse expressed: si umquam quemquam di immortales voluere esse auxilio adjutum, tum me et Calidorum servatum volunt, if it ever was the will of the gods that any one should be assisted, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 1: Corinthum patres vestri, totius Graeciae lumen, exstinctum esse voluerunt, it was their will that Corinth should be ( and remain) destroyed, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:
nostri... leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,
id. Or. 1, 59, 253:
propter eam partem epistulae tuae per quam te et mores tuos purgatos et probatos esse voluisti,
id. Att. 1, 17, 7; id. Fin. 4, 27, 76; id. de Or. 1, 51, 221:
daturum se operam ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,
Liv. 21, 45, 6: for velle redundant in this construction, v. II. A. 2. 3. infra.—With pass. inf. impers.:
sociis maxime lex consultum esse vult,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21.—
(β).
With ellips. of esse (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 9): perdis me tuis dictis. Cu. Imo, servo et servatum volo, and mean that you should remain saved, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 56:
aunt qui volum te conventam,
who want to see you, id. Cist. 4, 2, 39:
eidem homini, si quid recte cura tum velis, mandes,
if you want to have anything done well, id. As. 1, 1, 106:
sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,
id. Capt. prol. 53: id nunc res indicium haeo [p. 2007] facit, quo pacto factum volueris, this shows now why you wished this to be done, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 31 (cf. Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33; id. Aul. 3, 5, 30, II. B. 1, b, and II. B. 3. b. infra): domestica cura te levatum volo, I wish to see you relieved, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:
nulla sedes quo concurrant qui rem publicam defensam velint,
id. Att. 8, 3, 4:
rex celatum voluerat (i. e. donum),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:
Hannibal non Capuam neglectam, neque desertos volebat socios,
Liv. 25, 20, 5; 2, 15, 2; 2, 44, 3; 3, 21, 4; 22, 7, 4;
26, 31, 6: contemptum hominis quem destructum volebat,
Quint. 8, 3, 21:
si te non emptam vellet, emendus erat,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 34 (so with velle redundant, v. II. A. 1. d., and II. A. 3. infra).—Both subjects denoting the same person:
velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Esp., with pass. inf. impers.: alicui consultum velle, to take care for or advocate somebody's interests:
liberis consultum volumus propter ipsos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:
obliviscere illum aliquando adversario tuo voluisse consultum,
id. Att. 16, 16 C, 10:
quibus tribuni plebis nunc consultum repente volunt,
Liv. 5, 5, 3; so id. 25, 25, 17:
quamquam senatus subventum voluit heredibus,
Dig. 36, 1, 1, § 4; so with dep. part., used passively:
volo amori ejus obsecutum,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63.—
c.
With predic. adj., without copula.
(α).
The subjects being different (mostly aliquem salvum velle):
si me vivum vis, pater, Ignosce,
if you wish me to live, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 7:
ille, si me alienus adfinem volet, Tacebit,
id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:
ut tu illam salvam magis velis quam ego,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 17; 3, 5, 14:
quoniam ex tota provincia soli sunt qui te salvum velint,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 150:
irent secum extemplo qui rempublicam salvam vellent,
Liv. 22, 53, 7.—
(β).
Both subjects denoting the same person (virtually = object infinitive):
in occulto jacebis quom te maxime clarum voles (= clarus esse voles),
when you will most wish to be famous, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 38:
volo me patris mei similem,
I wish to be like my father, id. As. 1, 1, 54: ut iste qui se vult dicacem et mehercule est, Appius, who means to be witty, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 60, 246:
qui vero se populares volunt,
who mean to be popular, id. Off. 2, 22, 78:
ut integrum se salvumque velit,
id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:
ut (omne animal) se et salvum in suo genere incolumeque vellet,
id. ib. 4, 8, 19. —
d.
With an inf.-clause understood.
(α).
Velle, to wish: utinam hinc abierit in malam crucem! Ad. Ita nos velle aequom est (ita = eum abire, etc.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 5:
stulta es, soror, magis quam volo (i.e. te esse),
id. Pers. 4, 4, 78; id. Trin. 1, 2, 8; 2, 4, 175; id. Stich. 1, 1, 13; id. Ps. 1, 5, 55:
senatum non quod sentiret, sed quod ego vellem decernere,
Cic. Mil. 5, 12:
neque enim facile est ut irascatur cui tu velis judex (= cui tu eum irasci velis),
id. Or. 2, 45, 190; cf. id. Sest. 38, 82.—
(β).
Referring to the will of superiors, etc.:
deos credo voluisse, nam ni vellent, non fieret,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46: jamne abeo? St. Volo (sc. te abire), so I will, id. Cas. 2, 8, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 6, 12; id. Merc. 2, 3, 33.—
(γ).
To mean, intend (v. B. 3.):
acutum etiam illud est cum ex alterius oratione aliud atque ille vult (sc. te excipere),
Cic. Or. 2, 67, 273.—
(δ).
To require, demand (v B. 7.):
veremur quidem vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,
Liv. 39, 37, 17;
and of things as subjects: cadentque vocabula, si volet usus (i. e. ea cadere),
Hor. A. P. 71.—
(ε).
To be of opinion, will have (v. B. 8.):
ergo ego, inimicus, si ita vultis, homini, amicus esse rei publicae debeo,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:
nam illi regi tolerabili, aut, si voltis, etiam amabili, Cyro,
id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. Fin. 2, 27, 89; 3, 4, 12; id. Cael. 21, 53; Liv. 21, 10, 7; Quint. 2, 17, 41.—
(ζ).
With ellips. of predic. inf. (v. A. 2. b.): cras de reliquiis nos volo (i. e. cenare), it is my intention that we dine, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 40:
volo Varronem (i. e. hos libros habere),
Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3.
C.
With ut, ne, or ut ne.
1.
With ut.
a.
To wish:
volo ut quod jubebo facias,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 65:
quia enim id maxime volo ut illi istac confugiant,
id. Most. 5, 1, 49:
ut mihi aedes aliquas conducat volo,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 17: hoc prius volo meam rem agere. Th. Quid id est? Ph. Ut mihi hanc despondeas, id. Curc. 5, 2, 71: quid vis, nisi ut maneat Phanium? Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 8:
velim ut tibi amicus sit,
Cic. Att. 10, 16, 1:
quare id quoque velim... ut sit qui utamur,
id. ib. 11, 11, 2:
maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla... modestiae fructum aliquem percipere potuisset,
id. Sull. 1, 1:
equidem vellem uti pedes haberent (res tuae),
id. Fam. 7, 33, 2:
his ut sit digna puella volo,
Mart. 11, 27, 14.—Both subjects denoting the same person: volueram, inquit, ut quam plurimum tecum essem, Brut. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1.—
b.
It is the will of, to want, ordain (v. B. 2.):
at ego deos credo voluisse ut apud te me in nervo enicem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 17: numquid me vis? Le. Ut valeas, id. Cist. 1, 1, 120: numquid vis? Ps. Dormitum ut abeas, id. Ps. 2, 2, 70:
volo ut mihi respondeas,
Cic. Vatin. 6, 14; 7, 17; 7, 18; 9, 21;
12, 29: nuntia Romanis, caelestes ita velle ut mea Roma caput orbis terrarum sit,
Liv. 1, 16, 7.—
c.
To intend, it is the purpose, aim, etc., the two subjects being the same:
id quaerunt, volunt haec ut infecta faciant,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 9.—
d.
With other verbs:
quod peto et volo parentes meos ut commonstres mihi,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 4:
quasi vero aut populus Romanus hoc voluerit, aut senatus tibi hoc mandaverit ut... privares,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48;
with opto,
id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 48;
with laboro,
Liv. 42, 14, 3;
with aequum censere,
id. 39, 19, 7.—
2.
With ne:
at ne videas velim,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23:
quid nunc vis? ut opperiare hos sex dies saltem modo, ne illam vendas, neu me perdas, etc.,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 102:
credibile est hoc voluisse legumlatorem, ne auxilia liberorum innocentibus deessent,
intended, Quint. 7, 1, 56.—
3.
With ut ne: quid nunc tibi vis? Mi. Ut quae te cupit, eam ne spernas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60.
D.
With subjunct. of dependent verb (mostly ante-class.; class. and freq. with velim and vellem; but in Cic. mostly epistolary and colloquial).
1.
To wish:
ergo animum advortas volo,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 28; 2, 3, 70:
volo amet me patrem,
id. As. 1, 1, 63 dub.:
hoc volo agatis,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 83:
ducas volo hodie uxorem,
Ter. And. 2, 3, 14:
quid vis faciam?
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 49; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 64; 2, 3, 65; 2, 6, 65; 3, 3, 3; id. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 4, 7, 19; id. Cas. 2, 3, 56; id. Capt. 1, 2, 12; id. Poen. 3, 2, 16; id. Pers. 2, 4, 23; id. Rud. 5, 2, 45; 5, 3, 58; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 14:
volo etiam exquiras quam diligentissime poteris quid Lentulus agat?
Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:
Othonem vincas volo,
id. ib. 13, 29, 2:
eas litteras volo habeas,
id. ib. 13, 32, 3:
visne igitur videamus quidnam sit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 15: visne igitur descendatur ad Lirim? id. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4:
volo, inquis, sciat,
Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 2.—
2.
To be of opinion that something should be, demand, require (v. B. 7.): volo enim se efferat in adulescentia fecunditas, I like to see, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 21, 88:
volo hoc oratori contingat ut, etc.,
id. Brut. 84, 290.—
3.
With subj.-clause understood:
abi atque obsona, propera! sed lepide volo (i. e. obsones),
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 55.
E.
With object nouns, etc.
1.
With acc. of a thing.
a.
With a noun, to want, wish for, like to have:
voltisne olivas, aut pulmentum, aut capparim?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 90:
animo male est: aquam velim,
id. Am. 5, 1, 6:
quia videt me suam amicitiam velle,
id. Aul. 2, 3, 68; so,
gratiam tuam,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 52; 2, 3, 56:
aquam,
id. ib. 2, 3, 34:
discidium,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 14: nullam ego rem umquam in vita mea Volui quin tu in ea re mihi advorsatrix fueris, I never had any wish in my life, etc., id. Heaut. 5, 3, 5: (dixit) velle Hispaniam, he wanted Spain, i. e. as a province, Cic. Att. 12, 7, 1:
mihi frumento non opus est: nummos volo,
I want the money, id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:
non poterat scilicet negare se velle pacem,
id. Att. 15, 1 a, 3; cf. id. ib. 13, 32, 2 (v. II. C. 4. infra):
si amplius obsidum (= plures obsides) vellet, dare pollicentur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.:
pacem etiam qui vincere possunt, volunt,
Liv. 7, 40, 18:
ferunt (eum)... honestum finem voluisse,
Tac. A. 6, 26:
cum Scipio veram vellet et sine exceptione victoriam,
Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12:
mensae munera si voles secundae, Marcentes tibi porrigentur uvae,
Mart. 5, 78, 11.—
b.
Neutr. adjj., denoting things, substantively used: utrum vis opta, dum licet. La. Neutrum volo, Plaut. Ps. 3, 6, 16:
quorum isti neutrum volunt,
acknowledge neither, Cic. Fat. 12, 28:
voluimus quaedam, contendimus... Obtenta non sunt,
we aspired to certain things, id. Balb. 27, 61:
restat ut omnes unum velint,
hold one opinion, id. Marcell. 10, 32:
si plura velim,
if I wished for more, Hor. C. 3, 16, 38:
per quod probemus aliud legislatorem voluisse,
that the law-giver intended something different, Quint. 7, 6, 8:
ut putent, aliud quosdam dicere, aliud velle,
that they say one thing and mean another, id. 9, 2, 85:
utrum is qui scripsit... voluerit,
which of the two was meant by the author, id. 7, 9, 15:
ut nemo contra id quod vult dicit, ita potest melius aliquid velle quam dicit,
mean better than he speaks, id. 9, 2, 89:
quis enim pudor omnia velle?
to desire every thing, Mart. 12, 94, 11.—
c.
With neutr. demonstr. expressed or understood, to want, intend, aim at, like, will:
immo faenus: id primum volo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 64:
proximum quod sit bono... id volo,
id. Capt. 2, 2, 22:
nisi ea quae tu vis volo,
unless my purpose is the same as yours, id. Ep. 2, 2, 82:
siquidem id sapere'st, velle te id quod non potest contingere,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 83:
hoc (i. e. otium cum dignitate) qui volunt omnes optimates putantur,
who aim at this, Cic. Sest. 45, 98:
privatum oportet in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:
quid est sapientia? Semper idem velle atque idem nolle,
Sen. Ep. 20, 5:
pudebit eadem velle quae volueras puer,
id. ib. 27, 2:
nec volo quod cruciat, nec volo quod satiat,
Mart. 1, 57, 4.—With demonstr. in place of inf.-clause:
hoc Ithacus velit, et magno mercentur Atridae (sc. poenas in me sumi),
Verg. A. 2, 104:
hoc velit Eurystheus, velit hoc germana Tonantis (sc. verum esse, Herculem, etc.),
Ov. H. 9, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 88.—
d.
With neutr. of interrog. pron.: quid nunc vis? Am. Sceleste, at etiam quid velim, id tu me rogas? what do you want now? Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 5:
eloquere quid velis,
id. Cas. 2, 4, 2: heus tu! Si. Quid vis? id. Ps. 4, 7, 21; so Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 11; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 152:
sed plane quid velit nescio,
what his intentions are, Cic. Att. 15, 1 a, 5; id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:
mittunt etiam ad dominos qui quaerant quid velint,
to ask for their orders, id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:
quid? Si haec... ipsius amici judicarunt? Quid amplius vultis?
what more do you require, will you have? id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152:
quid amplius vis?
Hor. Epod. 17, 30:
spectatur quid voluerit scriptor,
we find out the author's intention, Quint. 7, 10, 1.—Sometimes quid vult = quid sibi vult (v. 4. b.), to mean, signify:
capram illam suspicor jam invenisse... quid voluerit,
what it signified, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 30:
sed tamen intellego quid velit,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:
quid autem volunt ea di immortales significantes quae sine interpretibus non possimus intellegere? etc.,
id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Of things as subjects:
hunc ensem mittit tibi... Et jubet ex merito scire quid iste velit,
Ov. H. 11, 96.—
e.
With rel. pron.:
quod volui, ut volui, impetravi... a Philocomasio,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 1:
ut quod frons velit oculi sciant,
that the eyes know what the forehead wants, id. Aul. 4, 1, 13:
illi quae volo concedere,
to yield to him my wishes, id. Cas. 2, 3, 49:
si illud quod volumus dicitur,
what we like, id. Truc. 1, 2, 95:
multa eveniunt homini quae volt, quae nevolt,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 84; id. Ep. 2, 2, 4:
quamquam (litterae tuae) semper aliquid adferunt quod velim,
Cic. Att. 11, 11, 1:
quae vellem quaeque sentirem dicendi,
id. Marcell. 1, 1:
uti ea quae vellent impetrarent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:
satis animi ad id quod tam diu vellent,
to carry out what they had desired so long, Liv. 4, 54, 5:
sed quod volebant non... expediebant,
their purpose, id. 24, 23, 9. —Idiomatically: quod volo = quod demonstrare volo, what I intend to prove:
illud quod volumus expressum est, ut vaticinari furor vera soleat,
Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67:
bis sumpsit quod voluit,
he has twice begged the question, id. ib. 2, 52, 107.—With indef. relations:
cornucopia ubi inest quidquid volo,
whatever I wish for, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5:
Caesar de Bruto solitus est dicere: magni refert hic quid velit, sed quidquid volt, valde volt,
whatever he wills he wills strongly, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2.—
f.
With indef. pronn.
(α).
Si quid vis, if you want any thing: illo praesente mecum agito si quid voles, [p. 2008] Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 72: Py. Adeat si quid volt. Pa. Si quid vis, adi, mulier, id. Mil. 4, 2, 47:
eumque Alexander cum rogaret, si quid vellet, ut diceret,
id. Or. 2, 66, 266; Caes. B. G. 1, 7 fin. —
(β).
Nisi quid vis, unless you wish to give some order, to make some remark, etc.:
ego eo ad forum nisi quid vis,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 94:
nunc de ratione videamus, nisi quid vis ad haec,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42.—
(γ).
Numquid vis or ecquid vis? have you any orders to give? a formula used by inferiors before leaving their superiors; cf. Don. ad Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 39:
visunt, quid agam, ecquid velim,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113:
numquid vis aliud?
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 111; 1, 2, 106; id. Ad. 2, 2, 39; 3, 3, 78; id. Hec. 2, 2, 30:
numquid vellem rogavit,
Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:
frequentia rogantium num quid vellet,
Liv. 6, 34, 7:
rogavit num quid in Sardiniam vellet. Te puto saepe habere qui num quid Romam velis quaerant,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1.—
2.
With acc. of the person: aliquem velle.
(α).
To want somebody, i. e. in order to see him, to speak with him (ante-class. and colloq.):
Demenaetum volebam,
I wanted, wished to see, Demenoetus, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 12:
bona femina et malus masculus volunt te,
id. Cist. 4, 2, 40:
solus te solum volo,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:
quia non est intus quem ego volo,
id. Mil. 4, 6, 40:
hae oves volunt vos,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 24:
quis me volt? Perii, pater est,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 1:
centuriones trium cohortium me velle postridie,
Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4.—With paucis verbis or paucis, for a few words ( moments):
volo te verbis pauculis,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 28:
sed paucis verbis te volo, Palaestrio,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 22:
Sosia, Adesdum, paucis te volo,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 2.—
(β).
To love, like somebody, to be fond of somebody (anteclass. and poet.):
hanc volo (= amo),
Plaut. As. 5, 1, 18:
sine me amare unum Argyrippum... quem volo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 38:
quom quae te volt, eamdem tu vis,
id. Mil. 4, 2, 80:
aut quae (vitia) corpori' sunt ejus siquam petis ac vis,
Lucr. 4, 1152:
quam volui nota fit arte mea,
Ov. Am. 1, 10, 60: nolo virum, facili redimit qui sanguine famam: hunc volo, laudari qui sine morte potest, I like the one who, etc., Mart. 1, 8, 6.—
(γ).
To wish to have:
roga, velitne an non uxorem,
whether he wishes to have his wife or not, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 43:
ut sapiens velit gerere rem publicam, atque... uxorem adjungere, et velle ex ea liberos (anacoluth.),
Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 68.—
With two accusatives: (narrato) illam te amare et velle uxorem,
that you wish to have her as your wife, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 25; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 65.—
3.
With two accusatives, of the person and the thing: aliquem aliquid velle, to want something of somebody (cf.: aliquem aliquid rogare; mostly ante-class.;
not in Cic.): numquid me vis?
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:
face certiorem me quid meus vir me velit,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 1:
num quidpiam me vis aliud?
id. Truc. 2, 4, 81:
nunc verba in pauca conferam quid te velim,
id. As. 1, 1, 74:
narrabit ultro quid sese velis,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 60:
quid me voluisti?
id. Mil. 4, 2, 35:
numquid aliud me vis?
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 101:
quin tu uno verbo dic quid est quod me velis,
id. And. 1, 1, 18; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 85; id. Cist. 2, 3, 49; id. As. 2, 3, 12; id. Merc. 5, 2, 27; id. Pers. 4, 6, 11; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 31; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 18; id. Eun. 2, 3, 47; id. Hec. 3, 4, 15:
si quid ille se velit, illum ad se venire oportere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 34:
cum mirabundus quidnam (Taurea) sese vellet, resedisset Flaccus, Me quoque, inquit, etc.,
Liv. 26, 15, 11; also, I want to speak with somebody (v. 2. a. a):
paucis, Euclio, est quod te volo,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 22:
est quod te volo secreto,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—
4.
With acc. of thing and dat. of the person: aliquid alicui velle, to wish something to somebody (= cupio aliquid alicui; v. cupio;
rare): quamquam vobis volo quae voltis, mulieres,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 1:
si ex me illa liberos vellet sibi,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 33:
praesidium velle se senectuti suae,
id. ib. 1, 2, 44:
nihil est mali quod illa non initio filio voluerit, optaverit,
Cic. Clu. 66, 188:
rem Romanam huc provectam ut externis quoque gentibus quietem velit,
Tac. A. 12, 11:
cui ego omnia meritissimo volo et debeo,
to whom I give and owe my best wishes, Quint. 9, 2, 35.—Esp., in the phrase quid vis (vult) with reflex. dat. of interest, lit. what do you want for yourself?
a.
Quid tibi vis = quid vis, the dat. being redundant (rare):
quid aliud tibi vis?
what else do you want? Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 90.—With quisque:
haud ita vitam agerent ut nunc plerumque videmus Quid sibi quisque velit nescire,
be ignorant as to their own aims and purposes, Lucr. 3, 1058.—
b.
What do you mean? what do you drive at? what is your scope, object, drift (rare in post-Aug. writers; Don. ad Ter. Eun. prol. 45, declares it an archaism).
(α).
In 1 st pers. (rare):
nunc quid processerim huc, et quid mihi voluerim dicam,
and what I meant thereby, what was the purpose of my coming, Plaut. As. prol. 6:
quid mihi volui? quid mihi nunc prodest bona voluntas?
Sen. Ben. 4, 21, 6.—
(β).
In 2 d pers.:
quid nunc tibi vis, mulier, memora,
what is the drift of your talk? Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60: sed quid nunc tibi vis? what do you want to come at (i.e. by your preamble)? id. Poen. 1, 1, 24: quid tu tibi vis? Ego non tangam meam? what do you mean? i. e. what is your purpose? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 28:
quid tibi vis? quid cum illa rei tibi est?
id. ib. 4, 7, 34:
quid est quod sic gestis? quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? Quid est quod laetus sis? quid tibi vis?
what do you mean by all this? id. ib. 3, 5, 11:
quid est, inepta? quid vis tibi? quid rides?
id. ib. 5, 6, 6:
quid vis tibi? Quid quaeris?
id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9: Ph. Fabulae! Ch. Quid vis tibi? id. Phorm. 5, 8, 53:
roganti ut se in Asiam praefectum duceret, Quid tibi vis, inquit, insane,
Cic. Or. 2, 67, 269; so in 2 d pers. plur.:
pro deum fidem, quid vobis vultis?
Liv. 3, 67, 7.—
(γ).
In 3 d pers.:
quid igitur sibi volt pater? cur simulat?
Ter. And. 2, 3, 1:
quid hic volt veterator sibi?
id. ib. 2, 6, 26:
proinde desinant aliquando me isdem inflare verbis: quid sibi iste vult?... Cur ornat eum a quo desertus est?
Cic. Dom. 11, 29:
quid sibi vellet (Caesar)? cur in suas possessiones veniret?
Caes. B. G. 1, 44 med.:
conicere in eum oculos, mirantes quid sibi vellet (i. e. by courting the plebeians),
Liv. 3, 35, 5:
qui quaererent quid sibi vellent qui armati Aventinum obsedissent,
id. 3, 50, 15:
quid sibi voluit providentia quae Aridaeum regno imposuit?
Sen. Ben. 4, 31, 1: volt, non volt dare Galla mihi, nec dicere possum quod volt et non volt, quid sibi Galla velit, Mart: 3, 90, 2.—
(δ).
Transf. of things as subjects, what means, what signifies? quid volt sibi, Syre, haec oratio? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 2:
ut pernoscatis quid sibi Eunuchus velit,
id. Eun. prol. 45:
quid ergo illae sibi statuae equestres inauratae volunt?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 150:
quid haec sibi horum civium Romanorum dona voluerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 80, §
186: avaritia senilis quid sibi velit, non intellego,
what is the meaning of the phrase, id. Sen. 18, 66:
quid ergo illa sibi vult pars altera orationis qua Romanos a me cultos ait?
Liv. 40, 12, 14:
tacitae quid vult sibi noctis imago?
Ov. M. 9, 473.—
5.
Bene or male alicui velle, to wish one well or ill, to like or dislike one (ante-class. and poet.): Ph. Bene volt tibi. St. Nequam est illud verbum bene volt, nisi qui bene facit, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 37 sq.:
jam diu ego huic bene et hic mihi volumus,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 4:
ut tibi, dum vivam, bene velim plus quam mihi,
id. Cas. 2, 8, 30:
egone illi ut non bene vellem?
id. Truc. 2, 4, 90; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 95; id. Merc. 2, 1, 21; id. Ps. 4, 3, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 9:
nisi quod tibi bene ex animo volo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6:
quo tibi male volt maleque faciet,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 44:
atque isti etiam parum male volo,
id. Truc. 5, 7; cf. id. As. 5, 1, 13:
utinam sic sient qui mihi male volunt,
Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 13:
non sibi male vult,
he does not dislike himself, Petr. 38; so, melius or optime alicui velle, to like one better or best:
nec est quisquam mihi aeque melius quoi vellem,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 42; id. Merc. 5, 2, 57:
illi ego ex omnibus optime volo,
id. Most. 1, 4, 24.—And bene velle = velle: bene volueris in precatione augurali Messalla augur ait, significare volueris, Fest. s. v. bene sponsis, p. 351.—
6.
With abl.: alicujus causa velle, to like one for his own sake, i. e. personally, a Ciceronian phrase, probably inst. of omnia alicujus causa velle; lit. to wish every thing (i.e. good) in somebody's behalf.
(α).
With omnia expressed: etsi mihi videor intellexisse cum tecum de re M. Annaeii locutus sum, te ipsius causa vehementer omnia velle, tamen, etc.... ut non dubitem quin magnus cumulus accedat commenda tionis meae, Cic. Fam. 13, 55, 1:
repente coepit dicere, se omnia Verris causa velle,
that he had the most friendly disposition towards Verres, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:
accedit eo quod Varro magnopere ejus causa vult omnia,
id. Fam. 13, 22, 1.—
(β).
Without omnia:
per eos qui nostra causa volunt, valentque apud illum,
Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:
sed et Phameae causa volebam,
id. ib. 13, 49, 1:
etsi te ipsius Attici causa velle intellexeram,
id. ib. 16, 16, A, 6:
valde enim ejus causa volo,
id. Fam. 16, 17, 2 fin.:
illud non perficis quo minus tua causa velim,
id. ib. 3, 7, 6;
12, 7, 1: si me velle tua causa putas,
id. ib. 7, 17, 2:
regis causa si qui sunt qui velint,
id. ib. 1, 1, 1:
credo tua causa velle Lentulum,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5; id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. (v. C. 1. b. supra), where the phrase has its literal meaning; cf. also: alicujus causa (omnia) cupere; v. cupio.—
7.
With acc. and subjunct. per ecthesin (ante-class.): nunc ego illum meum virum veniat velim (by mixture of constructions: meum virum velim; and:
meus vir veniat velim),
Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 29:
nunc ego Simonidem mi obviam veniat velim,
id. Ps. 4, 5, 10:
nimis hercle ego illum corvum ad me veniat velim,
id. Aul. 4, 6, 4:
saltem aliquem velim qui mihi ex his locis viam monstret,
id. Rud. 1, 3, 35:
patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi,
id. Poen. 5, 2, 106; cf. id. Merc. 2, 1, 30 (v. E. 1. d. supra).
F.
Velle used absolutely, variously rendered to will, have a will, wish, consent, assent:
quod vos, malum... me sic ludificamini? Nolo volo, volo nolo rursum,
I nill I will, I will I nill again, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 57: novi ingenium mulierum: Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro, they will not where you will, etc., id. Eun. 4, 7, 43:
quis est cui velle non liceat?
who is not free to wish? Cic. Att. 7, 11. 2:
in magnis et voluisse sat est,
Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 6:
tarde velle nolentis est,
slow ness in consenting betrays the desire to refuse, Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 4:
quae (animalia) nullam injuriam nobis faciunt, quia velle non possunt, id. Ira, 2, 26, 4: ejus est nolle qui potest velle,
the power to assent implies the power to dissent, Dig. 50, 17, 3.—So velle substantively:
sed ego hoc ipsum velle miserius duco quam in crucem tolli,
that very wishing, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 2: inest enim velle in carendo, the word carere implies the notion of a wish, id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:
velle ac posse in aequo positum erat,
his will and power were balanced, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 5:
velle tuum nolo, Didyme, nolle volo,
Mart. 5, 83, 2:
velle suum cuique est,
each has his own likings, Pers. 5, 53.
II.
In partic.
A.
Redundant, when the will to do is identified with the act itself.
1.
In imperative sentences.
a.
In independent sentences introduced by noli velle, where noli has lost the idea of volition:
nolite, judices, hunc velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro quam suo fato,
do not resolve, Cic. Cael. 32, 79:
nolite igitur id velle quod fieri non potest,
id. Phil. 7, 8, 25: qui timor bonis omnibus injectus sit... nolite a me commoneri velle, do not wish, expect, to be reminded by me, etc., id. Mur. 25, 50: nolite hunc illi acerbum nuntium velle perferri, let it not be your decision that, etc., id. Balb. 28, 64: cujus auspicia pro vobis experti nolite adversus vos velle experiri, do not desire, etc., Liv. 7, 40, 16:
noli adversum eos me velle ducere, etc.,
Nep. Att. 4, 2.—
b.
Ne velis or ne velit fecisse = ne feceris, or ne facito (v. I. A. 3. a. supra).—So ne velis with pres. inf.:
neve, revertendi liber, abesse velis (= neve abfueris),
Ov. H. 1, 80.—
c.
In affirmative imperative sentences (velim esse = esto;
rare): tu tantum fida sorori Esse velis (= fida esto or sis),
Ov. M. 2, 745; and in 3 d pers.:
di procul a cunctis... Hujus notitiam gentis habere velint (= habeant),
id. P. 1, 7, 8:
credere modo qui discet velit (= credat qui discet),
Quint. 8, prooem. 12. —
d.
In clauses dependent on verbs of commanding and wishing:
aut quia significant divam praedicere ut armis Ac virtute velint patriam defendere terram (= ut defendant),
Lucr. 2, 641: precor quaesoque ne ante oculos patris facere et pati omnia infanda velis (= facias et patiaris). Liv. 23, 9, 2:
monentes ne experiri vellet imperium cujus vis, etc.,
id. 2, 59, 4; 39, 13, 2:
et mea... opto Vulnera qui fecit facta levare velit,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 18: nos contra (oravimus) [p. 2009]... ne vertere secum Cuncta pater fatoque urguenti incumbere vellet, Verg. A. 2, 653. —With pass. perf. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b):
legati Sullam orant ut filii innocentis fortunas conservatas velit (virtually = fortunas conservet),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:
a te peto ut utilitatem sociorum per te quam maxime defensam et auctam velis (= defendas et augeas),
id. Fam. 13, 9, 3.—So after utinam or ut:
utinam illi qui prius eum viderint me apud eum velint adjutum tantum quantum ego vellem si quid possem (= utinam illi me adjuvent quantum ego adjuvarem, etc.),
id. Att. 11, 7, 7:
cautius ut saevo velles te credere Marti (= utinam te credidisses),
Verg. A. 11, 153:
edictum praemittit ad quam diem magistratus... sibi esse praesto Cordubae vellet (= sibi praesto essent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 19 (cf. also I. B. 9. b. b, and I. B. 2. fin. supra).—
2.
In conditional clauses, si facere velim = si faciam, often rendered by the potential or future auxiliaries would or will:
non tu scis, Bacchae bacchanti si velis advorsarier, ex insana insaniorem facies? (= si advorseris),
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 80:
si meum Imperium exsequi voluisset, interemptam oportuit (= si executus esset),
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:
si id confiteri velim, tamen istum condemnetis necesse est (= si id confitear),
if I would acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45:
si quis velit ita dicere... nihil dicat (= si quis dicat),
id. Fat. 14, 32:
dies deficiat si velim numerare, etc.,
id. N. D. 3, 32, 81;
so,
id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102; id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52:
qua in sententia si constare voluissent, suam auctoritatem... recuperassent,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 14; id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. Lael. 20, 75:
conicere potestis, si recordari volueritis quanta, etc.,
if you will remember, id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; so id. Or. 1, 44, 197; id. Brut. 1, 2, 5:
quod si audire voletis externa, maximas res publicas ab adulescentibus labefactatas reperietis,
id. Sen. 6, 20; so id. Or. 1, 60, 256; 2, 23, 95:
ejus me compotem voti vos facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, non vos in Samnio, etc.,
Liv. 7, 40, 5; 23, 13, 6; 23, 15, 4: cum olera Diogeni lavanti Aristippus dixisset: si Dionysium adulare velles, ista non esses;
Imo, inquit, si tu ista esse velles, non adulares Dionysium,
Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 4:
ut si his (legibus) perpetuo uti voluissent, sempiternum habituri fuerint imperium,
id. 5, 3, ext. 3:
quid enim si mirari velit, non in silvestribus dumis poma pendere,
Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 6; cf. Curt. 5, 1, 1; 3, 5, 6; Ov. H. 17 (18), 43.—With perf. inf. pass.:
nisi ea (opera) certi auctores monumentis suis testata esse voluissent,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 24.—
3.
In declarative sentences.
a.
Volo in 1 st pers. with perf. pass. inf. or part. (volo oratum esse or oratum = oro; v. I. B. 9. b. a and b):
vos omnes opere magno esse oratos volo benigne ut operam detis, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 21:
justam rem et facilem esse oratam a vobis volo,
id. Am. prol. 33:
illud tamen te esse admonitum volo, etc.,
Cic. Cael. 3, 8:
sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 53:
illud te, Tulli, monitum velim etc.,
Liv. 1, 23, 8:
quamobrem omnes eos oratos volo Ne, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 26; so, factum volo = faciam: serva tibi sodalem, et mihi filium. Mne. Factum volo, I will, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 91: pariter nunc opera me adjuves ac, etc. Nau. Factum volo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 4; so Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 10.—In 3 d pers.:
esse salutatum vult te mea littera primum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 1.—
b.
With pres. inf.:
propterea te vocari ad cenam volo (= voco te),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 72:
sed nunc rogare hoc ego vicissim te volo: quid fuit, etc. (= nunc te rogo),
id. Trin. 1, 2, 136.—
c.
With perf. act. inf.:
pace tua dixisse velim (= pace tua dixerim),
Ov. P. 3, 1, 9.—
d.
In other connections, when the will or purpose is made more prominent than the action:
eorum alter, qui Antiochus vocatur, iter per Siciliam facere voluit (= fecit),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 61:
si suscipere eam (religionem) nolletis, tamen in eo qui violasset sancire vos velle oporteret (= sancire vos oporteret),
id. ib. 2, 4, 51, §
114: ut insequentibus diebus nemo eorum forum aut publicum adspicere vellet (= adspiceret),
Liv. 9, 7, 11:
talentis mille percussorem in me emere voluisti (= emisti),
Curt. 3, 5, 6: quin etiam senatus gratias ei agentem quod redire voluisset ante portas eduxit (= quod redisset), Val. Max. 3, 4, 4:
utri prius gratulemur, qui hoc dicere voluit, an cui audire contigit? (= qui hoc dixit),
id. 4, 7, ext. 2:
sic tua non paucae carpere facta volent (= carpent),
Ov. P. 3, 1, 64.
B.
Velim, as potential subjunctive (mostly in 1 st pers. sing., as subjunctive of modest statement), = volo, I wish, I should like.
1.
With verb in the second person.
a.
With pres. subj., so most frequently in Cic.
(α).
As a modest imperative of the dependent verb: velim facias = fac, I wish you would do it, please do it:
ego quae in rem tuam sint, ea velim facias,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 9:
eas (litteras) in eundem fasciculum velim addas,
Cic. Att. 12, 53:
eum salvere jubeas velim,
id. ib. 7, 7, 7:
velim me facias certiorem, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 9:
tu velim saepe ad nos scribas,
id. ib. 1, 12, 4:
velim mihi ignoscas,
id. Fam. 13, 75, 1:
tu velim animum a me parumper avertas,
id. Lael. 1, 5; cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 3; 7, 3, 11; 8, 12, 5; id. Fam. 15, 3, 2 et saep.:
haec pro causa mea dicta accipiatis velim,
Liv. 42, 34, 13: velim, inquit, hoc mihi probes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 51:
Musa velim memores, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 53.—
(β).
Expressing a wish without a command (v. vellem):
vera dicas velim,
I wish you told the truth, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 18:
quam velim Bruto persuadeas ut Asturae sit,
Cic. Att. 14, 15, 4:
ipse velim poenas experiare meas,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 74;
so in asseverations: ita velim me promerentem ames, dum vivas, mi pater, ut... id mihi vehementer dolet,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 47.—
b.
With infinitive clause.
(α).
With the force of a modest imperative:
sed qui istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim (i. e. a te),
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:
extremum illud est quod mihi abs te responderi velim,
Cic. Vat. 17, 41 (may be a dependent subjunctive):
itaque vos ego, milites, non eo solum animo.... pugnare velim, etc.,
Liv. 21, 41, 10.—
(β).
As a mere wish:
velim te arbitrari, frater, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 1:
primum te arbitrari id quod res est velim,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 9.—With perf. act.:
hanc te quoque ad ceteras tuas eximias virtutes, Masinissa, adjecisse velim,
Liv. 30, 14, 6.—With perf. pass., Liv. 1, 23, 8 (v. II. A. 3. a. supra).—
c.
With ut (rare):
de tuis velim ut eo sis animo, quo debes esse,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 4. —
d.
With ne (rare), Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—
2.
With dependent verb in the third person, expressing a wish.
a.
With pres. subj.:
ita se defatigent velim Ut, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3:
de Cicerone quae mihi scribis, jucunda mihi sunt: velim sint prospera,
Cic. Att. 14, 11, 2:
velim seu Himilco, seu Mago respondeat,
Liv. 23, 12, 15:
sint haec vera velim,
Verg. Cir. 306:
nulla me velim syllaba effugiat,
Quint. 11, 2, 45.—With final clause:
tu velim mihi ad urbem praesto sis, ut tuis consiliis utar,
Cic. Att. 9, 16, 3; cf. id. ib. 11, 11, 2 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—With ellips. of pres. subj.:
velim mehercule Asturae Brutus (i. e. sit),
Cic. Att. 14, 11, 1.—
b.
With perf. subj. (a wish referring to the past):
nimis velim improbissumo homini malas edentaverint,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 48.—
c.
With inf.-clause:
ne ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim!
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9: di me perdant! Me. Quodcunque optes, velim tibi contingere, id. Cist. 2, 1, 30:
velim eum tibi placere quam maxime,
Cic. Brut. 71, 249: idque primum ita esse velim;
deinde etiam, si non sit, mihi persuaderi tamen velim,
id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:
quod faxitis, deos velim fortunare,
Liv. 6, 41, 12.—With perf. pass. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):
edepol te hodie lapide percussum velim,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33:
moribus praefectum mulierum hunc factum velim,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 30.—With inf.-clause understood:
nimium plus quam velim nostrorum ingenia sunt mobilia,
Liv. 2, 37, 4.—
3.
With verb in the first person.
a.
With inf. pres. (so most freq.):
atque hoc velim probare omnibus, etc.,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 20, 47:
velim scire ecquid de te recordere,
id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13:
quare te, ut polliceris, videre plane velim,
id. Att. 11, 9, 3:
nec vero velim... a calce ad carceres revocari,
id. Sen. 23, 83:
sed multitudo ea quid animorum... habeat scire velim,
Liv. 23, 12, 7:
interrogare tamen velim, an Isocrates Attice dixerit,
Quint. 12, 10, 22.—With perf. inf. act., Ov. P. 3, 1, 9 (v. II. A. 3. c.).—
b.
With acc. and inf.:
quod velis, modo id velim me scire,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 8.—So with perf. pass. inf.:
ego praeterquam quod nihil haustum ex vano velim, Fabium... potissimum auctorem habui,
Liv. 22, 7, 4.—
c.
With subj. pres.:
eo velim tam facili uti possim et tam bono in me quam Curione,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 10 B. and K. ex conj. Mull. (Lachm., Hoffm. posse; al. possem).—
4.
Velim in the principal sentence of conditional clauses, I would, I should be willing:
aetatem velim servire, Libanum ut (= si) conveniam modo,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 8:
velim, si fieri possit,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 12:
si quid tibi compendi facere possim, factum edepol velim (redundant),
id. ib. 2, 4, 26:
si possim, velim,
id. Stich. 4, 2, 9:
nec velim (imitari orationes Thucydidis) si possim,
Cic. Brut. 83, 287:
si liceat, nulli cognitus esse velim,
Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 42.—
5.
The other persons of velim in potential use (rare).
a.
Velis.
(α).
Imperatively = cupito:
quoniam non potest fieri quod vis, Id velis quod possit,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 6:
atque aliquos tamen esse velis tibi, alumna, penates,
Verg. Cir. 331.—
(β).
Declaratively with indef. subj.: quom inopia'st, cupias; quando ejus copia'st, tum non velis, then you (i.e. people, they) do not want it, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 45.—
(γ).
Redundant, as a form of the imperative of the dependent verb, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38 (v. I. A. 3. a. b); id. H. 1, 80 (v. II. A. 1. b.); id. M. 2, 746 (v. II. A. 1. c.).—
b.
Velit.
(α).
Modestly for vult:
te super aetherias licentius auras Haud pater ille velit, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 558: nemo enim minui velit id in quo maximus fuit, would like that to be diminished in which, etc., Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 2, 104, and Ov. H. 9, 7 (v. I. E. 1. c. supra).— So, poet., instead of vellet with perf. inf.:
ut fiat, quid non illa dedisse velit?
Ov. Am. 2, 17, 30.—
(β).
= imperative of third person:
arma velit, poscatque simul rapiatque juventus,
Verg. A. 7, 340.—Redundantly, giving to the dependent verb the force of an imperative, Quint. 8, prooem. 12 (v. II. A. 1. c. supra; v. also I. A. 3. a. supra).—
c.
Velimus.
(α).
In the optative sense of velim:
sed scire velimus quod tibi nomen siet,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 18.—
(β).
With imperative sense (= let us, we should, etc.), Quint. 6, 3, 28 (v. I. A. 2. d. supra).—
d.
Velitis = velim velitis (i. e. jubeatis, jubete):
novos consules ita cum Samnite gerere bellum velitis ut omnia ante nos bella gesta sunt,
Liv. 9, 8, 10.—So especially in velitis jubeatis, a formula in submitting a law to the votes of the people in the comitia centuriata or tributa, let it be resolved and ordered by you:
rogatus in haec verba populus: velitis jubeatisne haec sic fieri, si respublica populi Romani Quiritium, etc.,
Liv. 22, 10, 2:
velitis jubeatis, Quirites... uti de ea re Ser. Sulpicius praetor urbanus ad senatum referat, etc.,
id. 38, 54, 3.—And parodied by Cic.:
velitis jubeatis ut quod Cicero versum fecerit,
Cic. Pis. 29, 72.—So in oblique discourse, vellent juberent:
rogationem promulgavit, vellent juberent Philippo... bellum indici,
Liv. 31, 6, 1:
vellent juberentne se regnare,
id. 1, 46, 1; cf.
in the resolution of the people: plebis sic jussit: quod senatus... censeat, id volumus jubemusque,
id. 26, 33, 14.—
e.
Velint, optative and redundant, Cic. Att. 11, 7, 7 (v. II. A. 1. d.); Ov. P. 1, 7, 8 (v. II. A. 1. c.).
C.
Vellem, as potential subjunctive, I wish, should like, should have liked, representing the wish as contrary to fact, while velim refers to a wish which may be realized:
de Menedemo vellem verum fuisset, de regina velim verum sit,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 4. It is not used with imperative force; cf.:
quod scribis, putare te... vellem scriberes, cur ita putares... tu tamen velim scribas,
Cic. Att. 11, 24, 5.—Often quam vellem, how I wish, i. e. I wish very much; and in the same sense: nimium vellem, v. infra.
1.
With verb in first person.
a.
With inf. pres., I wish, would like, referring to present or future actions:
videre equidem vos vellem, cum huic aurum darem,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 68:
vellem equidem idem posse gloriari quod Cyrus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 32:
vellem equidem vobis placere, Quirites, sed, etc.,
Liv. 3, 68, 9:
quam fieri vellem meus libellus!
Mart. 8, 72, 9.—With cuperem and optarem:
nunc ego Triptolemi cuperem conscendere currus... Nunc ego Medeae vellem frenare dracones... Nunc ego jactandas optarem sumere pennas, etc.,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 1 sqq.— [p. 2010] Rarely, I should have liked:
tum equidem istuc os tuum inpudens videre nimium vellem!
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49.—And in conditional sense:
maerorem minui: dolorem nec potui, nec, si possem, vellem (i. e. minuere),
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:
certe ego, si sineres, titulum tibi reddere vellem,
Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 13:
sic nec amari quidem vellem (i. e. if I were in his place),
Sen. Ira, 1, 20, 4.—
b.
With perf. inf., I wish I had:
abiit, vah! Rogasse vellem,
I wish I had asked him, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 25:
maxime vellem semper tecum fuisse,
Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 5:
quam vellem petisse ab eo quod audio Philippum impetrasse,
id. ib. 10, 4, 10:
non equidem vellem, quoniam nocitura fuerunt, Pieridum sacris imposuisse manum,
Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 27:
ante equidem summa de re statuisse, Latini, Et vellem, et fuerat melius,
Verg. A. 11, 303. —
c.
With inf.-clause, the predicate being a perf. part. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):
virum me natam vellem,
would I had been born a man! Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 9.—
d.
With subj. imperf. (rare):
quam vellem, Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15.—
2.
The subject of the dependent verb in the second person.
a.
With subj. imperf. (the regular construction):
hodie igitur me videbit, ac vellem tum tu adesses,
I wish you could be present, Cic. Att. 13, 7, 2:
quam vellem de his etiam oratoribus tibi dicere luberet,
I wish you would please, id. Brut. 71, 248.—
b.
With subj. pluperf., I wish you had:
vellem Idibus Martiis me ad cenam invitasses,
Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1:
quam vellem te ad Stoicos inclinavisses,
id. Fin. 3, 3, 10:
vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
id. Att. 10, 6, 2:
quam vellem Bruto studium tuum navare potuisses,
id. ib. 15, 4, 5.—
c.
With ne and pluperf. subj.:
tu vellem ne veritus esses ne parum libenter legerem tuas litteras,
Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 2.—
d.
With ellipsis of verb: vera cantas, vana vellem (i. e. cantares). Plaut. Most. 3, 4, 41.—
3.
With verb in third person.
a.
With imperf. subj. (the regular construction):
patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi (per ecthesin, v. I. E. b.),
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 106:
vellem adesset Antonius, modo sine advocatis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16:
vellem nobis hoc idem vere dicere liceret,
id. Off. 3, 1, 1:
vellem adesse posset Panaetius,
id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:
vellem hoc esset laborare,
id. Or. 2, 71, 287.—
b.
With pluperf. subj.:
vellem aliqui ex vobis robustioribus hunc male dicendi locum suscepissent,
Cic. Cael. 3, 7:
vellem dictum esset ab eodem etiam de Dione,
id. ib. 10, 23; so id. ib. 31, 74; id. Brut. 44, 163:
quam vellem Dareus aliquid ex hac indole hausisset!
Curt. 3, 32 (12), 26.—
c.
With inf.-clause.
(α).
With inf. pres., I wish he were:
quam non abesse ab hujus judicio L. Vulsionem vellem!
Cic. Clu. 70, 198:
nunc mihi... Vellem, Maeonide, pectus inesse tuum,
Ov. F. 2, 120.—
(β).
With perf. inf. or part., I wish he had, had been:
quam vellem Menedemum invitatum!
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:
epistulas, quas quidem vellem mihi numquam redditas,
Cic. Att. 11, 22, 1.—
With ellipsis of predicate: illud quoque vellem antea (i. e. factum, or factum esse),
Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3.—
d.
With ut, Cic. Sull. 1, 1; id. Fam. 7, 33, 2 (v. I. C. 1. a. supra).—
4.
With acc. of a neuter pronoun or of a noun:
aliquando sentiam us nihil nobis nisi, id quod minime vellem, spiritum reliquum esse,
Cic. Att. 9, 19, 2: tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem: apti essent ad id quod cogito, I would like to have (cf. I. E. 1. a.), id. ib. 13, 22, 2.—
5.
In the other persons of vellem (mostly poet.).
a.
Velles.
(α).
In optative sentences redundant, Verg. A. 11, 153 (v. II. A. 1. d.).—
(β).
Of an indefinite subject:
velles eum (Senecam) suo ingenio dixisse, alieno judicio,
Quint. 10, 1, 130.—
b.
Vellet.
(α).
In the potential sense of vellem: vellet abesse quidem;
sed adest. Velletque videre, Non etiam sentire canum fera facta suorum,
Ov. M. 3, 247.—
(β).
Conditionally:
quis vellet tanti nuntius esse mali (i. e. if in this situation)?
Ov. H. 12, 146.—
c.
Vellent.
(α).
In the potential sense of vellem:
quam vellent aethere in alto Nunc of pauperiem et duros perferre labores!
Verg. A. 6, 436.—
(β).
Conditionally: nec superi vellent hoc licuisse sibi, would wish, i. e. if in this situation, Mart. 4, 44, 8.
D.
Volam and voluero.
1.
In gen.: respiciendus erit sermo stipulationis, utrumne talis sit: quem voluero, an quem volam. Nam si talis fuerit quem voluero, cum semel elegerit, mutare voluntatem non poterit;
si vero... quem volam, donec judicium dictet, mutandi potestatem habebit,
Dig. 45, 1, 112.—
2.
Volam in principal sentences.
(α).
= Engl. future, I shall wish, etc.:
et commeminisse hoc ego volam te,
I shall require you to recollect this, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 7: cum omnia habueris, tunc habere et sapientiam voles? will you also wish to have wisdom when? etc., Sen. Ep. 17, 8.—
(β).
Denoting present probability: et scilicet jam me hoc voles patrem exorare, ut, etc., you doubtless wish me, etc., Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 27.—
3.
In clauses dependent on predicates implying a future, generally rendered by an English present:
quid si sors aliter quam voles evenerit?
otherwise than as you wish, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 35:
tum te, si voles, cum patriae quod debes solveris, satis diu vixisse dicito,
then if you choose, if you will, Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:
decedes cum voles,
id. Att. 6, 3, 2:
qui magis effugies eos qui volent fingere?
those who are bent upon inventing, who will invent, falsehoods, id. ib. 8, 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 24:
quod voles gratum esse, rarum effice,
Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; cf. id. Brev. Vit. 7, 9: si di volent, the gods permitting, August. ap. Suet. Calig. 8:
invenies, vere si reperire voles,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 34; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78; Tib. 1, 4, 45.—So, voluero:
quem (locum) si qui vitare voluerit, sex milium circuitu in oppidum pervenit,
who wishes to avoid this spot, Caes. B. C. 2, 24.
E.
Si vis, parenthetically.
1.
If you please (cf. sis, supra init.):
paulum opperirier, Si vis,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 52:
audi, si vis, nunc jam,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 30:
dic, si vis, de quo disputari velis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—
2.
If you wish, choose, insist upon it:
hanc quoque jucunditatem, si vis, transfer in animum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14:
addam, si vis, animi, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 27, 89:
concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 15, 34.
F.
Quam, with any person of the pres. indic. or subj., or imperf. subj. or future, = quamvis, in a concessive sense, virtually, however, however much.
1.
3 d pers. sing.:
quod illa, quam velit sit potens, numquam impetravisset (= quamvis sit potens),
however powerful she may be, Cic. Cael. 26, 63:
C. Gracchus dixit, sibi in somnis Ti. fratrem visum esse dicere, quam vellet cunctaretur, tamen eodem sibi leto... esse pereundum,
id. Div. 1, 26, 56:
quam volet jocetur,
id. N. D. 2, 17, 46.—
2.
1 st pers. plur.:
quam volumus licet ipsi nos amemus, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—
3.
2 d pers. plur.: exspectate facinus quam vultis improbum, vincam tamen, etc., expect a crime, however wicked ( ever so wicked), etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11;
but: hac actione quam voletis multi dicent,
as many as you choose, id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.—
4.
3 d pers. plur.:
quam volent illi cedant, tamen a re publica revocabuntur,
Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113:
quam volent in conviviis faceti, dicaces, etc., sint, alia fori vis est, alia triclinii,
id. Cael. 28, 67;
but: et ceteri quam volent magnas pecunias capere possint,
as much money as they choose, id. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 142.
G.
Volo = malo, to prefer, with a comparative clause (rare):
quodsi in ceteris quoque studiis a multis eligere homines commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni alicui certo vellent addicere, = si se eligere mallent quam se uni addicere,
Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:
malae rei quam nullius duces esse volunt,
Liv. 3, 68, 11:
famaene credi velis quanta urbs a te capta sit, quam posteris quoque eam spectando esse?
id. 25, 29, 6.
H.
With magis and maxime.
1.
Magis velle: ut tu illam salvam magis velles quam ego, you wish more than I, etc., Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 17.—
2.
With maxime, to wish above all, more than any thing or any one else, to be most agreeable to one, to like best, to prefer (among more than two alternatives):
quia id maxime volo ut illi istoc confugiant,
wish above all, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 49; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 38:
maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 1, 1:
caritate nos capiunt reges, consilio optimates, libertate populi, ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,
which you prefer, like best, id. Rep. 1, 35, 55; so, quemadmodum ego maxime vellem, id. Att. 13, 1, 1:
tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem,
above all others, id. ib. 13, 32, 2:
alia excusanti juveni, alia recipienti futura, ita ut maxime vellet senatus responderi placuit,
as it was most agreeable to him, Liv. 39, 47:
si di tibi permisissent quo modo maxime velles experiri animum meum,
in the manner most convenient to yourself, Curt. 3, 6, 12.
K.
In disjunctive co - ordination.
1.
With sive... sive:
tu nunc, sive ego volo, seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis,
whether I choose or not, Plaut. Cist. 3, 14:
itaque Campanos sive velint, sive nolint, quieturos,
Liv. 8, 2, 13.—
2.
Without connectives.
a.
Vis tu... vis:
congredi cum hoste liceat... vis tu mari, vis terra, vis acie, vis urbibus expugnandis experiri virtutem?
Liv. 25, 6, 22.—
b.
Velim nolim.
(α).
Interrogatively, = utrum velim nec ne:
velit nolit scire, difficile est,
it is difficult to know whether he intends it or not, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—
(β).
= seu velim seu nolim:
ut mihi, velim nolim, sit certa quaedam tuenda sententia,
whether I will or not, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 17:
velim nolim, in cognomine Scipionum haeream necesse est,
Val. Max. 3, 7, 3:
mors interim adest, cui velis nolis vacandum est,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 5:
hunc ita fundatum necesse est, velit nolit, sequatur hilaritas continua,
id. Vit. Beat. 4, 4:
velint nolint, respondendum est... beate vivere bonum non esse,
id. Ep. 117, 4:
praeterea futuri principes, velint nolint, sciant, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 20 fin. Part. and P. a.: vŏlens, entis.
A.
As a part. proper, retaining the meaning and construction of velle, with the force of a relative or adverbial clause.
1.
Agreeing with some member of the sentence ( poet. and in post-class. prose;
rare): neque illum... multa volentem Dicere praeterea vidit (= qui multa voluit dicere),
Verg. G. 4, 501; id. A. 2, 790:
nec me vis ulla volentem Avertet (i. e. si adhaerere foederi volo),
id. ib. 12, 203: decemviri, minuere volentes hujuscemodi violentiam... putaverunt, etc., intending ( who intended) to diminish such a violence, etc., Gell. 20, 1, 34:
Milo, experiri etiamtunc volens, an ullae sibi reliquae vires adessent... rescindere quercum conatus est,
id. 15, 16, 3:
scio quosdam testatores, efficere volentes ne servi sui umquam ad libertatem venirent, etc., hactenus scribere solitos,
Dig. 40, 4, 61:
si te volentem ad prohibendum venire, deterruerit aliquis, etc.,
ib. 43, 24, 1, § 10.—
2.
Abl. absol. (not ante-Aug.):
ne cujus militis scripti nomen nisi ipso volente deleretur,
except with his consent, Liv. 7, 41, 4; so,
Teum ex medio cursu classem repente avertit, aut volentibus iis usurus commeatu parato hostibus, aut ipsos pro hostibus habiturus,
with their consent, id. 37, 27, 3:
ponuntque ferocia Poeni Corda, volente deo,
since the god willed it, Verg. A. 1, 303: Thrasippo supplicium a se voluntaria morte exigere volente, while he was about to inflict punishment on himself, etc., Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2: scire volentibus immortalibus dis an Romana virtus imperium orbis mereretur, it being the will of the gods to know, etc., Flor. 1, 13, 3 (1, 7, 3): qui sciente aut volente eo ad quem res pertinet, possessionem nanciscitur, with the knowledge and consent of the person who, etc., Dig. 41, 2, 6. —
B.
As adj., willing, voluntary, and hence, favorably disposed (opp. invitus).
1.
Attributively.
a.
In the phrase cum dis volentibus, lit. with the willing or favoring gods, i. e. with the will, permission, or favor of the gods: dono ducite doque volentibu' cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):
sequere hac, mea gnata, me cum dis volentibus,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 4:
cum dis volentibus quodque bene eveniat mando tibi Mani uti illaec suovetaurilia, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 141 (142).— And without cum, abl. absol.:
virtute ac dis volentibus magni estis et opulenti,
Sall. J. 14, 19.—
b.
Volenti animo.
(α).
= cupide, eagerly:
Romae plebes litteris quae de Metello ac Mario missae erant, volenti animo de ambobus acceperant,
Sall. J. 73, 3. —
(β).
On purpose, intentionally:
consilio hanc omnes animisque volentibus urbem Adferimur,
Verg. A. 7, 216.—
2.
Predicatively.
a.
Agreeing with the subject-nom. or subject - acc.
(α).
Voluntarily, willingly, [p. 2011] gladly (class.):
(hi) divini generis appellentur... vobisque jure et lege volentes pareant,
Cic. Univ. 11 fin.:
quas victi ab hostibus poenas metuerant, eas ipsi volentes pendere,
Sall. J. 76, 6:
quia volentes in amicitiam non veniebant,
Liv. 21, 39, 4:
si volentes ac non coacti mansissent in amicitia,
id. 24, 37, 7:
quocunque loco seu volens seu invitus constitisti,
id. 7, 40, 13:
itaque se numquam volentem parte qua posset rerum consilio gerendarum cessurum,
id. 22, 27, 9:
(virtus), quidquid evenerit, feret, non patiens tantum, sed etiam volens,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:
non est referre gratiam quod volens acceperis nolenti reddere,
id. Ben. 4, 40, 4:
volens vos Turnus adoro,
Verg. A. 10, 677; 3, 457; 6, 146;
12, 833: date vina volentes,
id. ib. 8, 275: ipsa autem macie tenuant armenta volentes ( on purpose), id. G. 3, 129.—And referring to subjects denoting things: quos rami fructus, quos ipsa volentia rura Sponte tulere sua, carpsit ( spontaneously and willingly), Verg. G. 2, 500.—
(β).
Favorably; with propitius, favorably and kindly, referring to the gods:
precantes Jovem ut volens propitius praebeat sacra arma pro patria,
Liv. 24, 21, 10:
precantibus ut volens propitiaque urbem Romanam iniret,
id. 29, 14, 13:
in ea arce (Victoriam) sacratam, volentem propitiamque, firmam ac stabilem fore populo Romano,
id. 22, 37, 12; 1, 16, 3; 7, 26, 3; 24, 38, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2489 sq.—Parodied by Plautus:
agite, bibite, festivae fores! fite mihi volentes propitiae,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 89.— Abl. absol.:
omnia diis propitiis volentibusque ea faciemus,
with the favor and help of the gods, Liv. 39, 16, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:
si (Jovem) invocem ut dexter ac volens assit,
Quint. 4, prooem. 5.—
b.
Agreeing with other terms of the sentence (rare): volenti consuli causa in Pamphyliam devertendi oblata est, a welcome cause was offered to the consul, etc., Liv. 38, 15, 3:
quod nobis volentibus facile continget,
if we wish, Quint. 6, 2, 30:
is Ariobarzanem volentibus Armeniis praefecit,
to their satisfaction, Tac. A. 2, 4:
gemis... hominem, Urse, tuum, cui dulce volenti servitium... erat,
to whom his servitude was sweet, since he liked it, Stat. S. 2, 6, 15:
me mea virtus, etc., fatis egere volentem,
Verg. A. 8, 133:
saepe ille volentem castigabat erum,
administered kindly received rebukes, Stat. S. 2, 6, 50.—
c.
In the phrase aliquid mihi volenti est or putatur, etc., something is welcome, acceptable to me, pleases me (= volens habeo or accipio aliquid; cf. the Gr. Humin tauta boulomenois estin, and, mihi aliquid cupienti est; v. cupio;
rare but class.): uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset,
that the equalization of labor was acceptable to the soldier, Sall. J. 100, 4:
quia neque plebei militia volenti putabatur,
id. ib. 84, 3 Dietsch:
grande periculum maritumis civitatibus esse, et quibusdam volentibus novas res fore,
that to some a change of the government would be welcome, Liv. 21, 50, 10:
quibus bellum volentibus erat, probare exemplum,
Tac. Agr. 18.— Impers. with subject - inf.: ceterisque remanere et in verba Vespasiani adigi volentibus fuit, to the rest it was acceptable to remain, etc., Tac. H. 3, 43.—With subject-inf. understood:
si volentibus vobis erit, in medium profero quae... legisse memini,
Macr. S. 7, 13, 11:
si volentibus vobis erit, diem fabulis et epulis exigamus,
id. ib. 1, 7; 2, 3 fin.; 6, 6 init. —
3.
As subst. (mostly post-Aug.).
a.
vŏlens, entis, m., = is qui vult, in the different meanings, and often with the construction of the verb.
(α).
One who wishes:
nunc cis Hiberum castra Romana esse, arcem tutam perfugiumque novas volentibus res,
Liv. 22, 22, 11:
consulere se volentibus vacuas aures accommodavit,
Val. Max. 5, 8, 3:
quid opus libertate si volentibus luxu perire non licet,
id. 2, 9, 5:
discere meliora volentibus promptum est,
i. e. it depends on our own will to learn better things, Quint. 11, 11, 12:
nec sum in hoc sollicitus, dum res ipsa volentibus discere appareat,
to the students, id. 8, 4, 15:
mori volentibus vis adhibita vivendi,
Suet. Tib. 61.—
(β).
One who intends, is about:
juris ignorantia non prodest acquirere volentibus,
i. e. in the acquisition of property, Dig. 22, 6, 7:
si quis volentem incipere uti frui prohibuit,
one who is about to enter upon a usufruct, ib. 43, 16, 3, § 14. —
(γ).
One who is willing:
non refert quid sit quod datur, nisi a volente volenti datur,
unless it is both willingly given and received, Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 8:
ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,
those willing to follow, id. Ep. 107, 11.—
(δ).
One who consents:
tutiusque rati volentibus quam coactis imperitare,
to rule men with their consent, Sall. J. 102, 6:
quippe rempublicam si a volentibus nequeat ab invitis jus expetituram,
peaceably if they could, forcibly if they must, Liv. 3, 40, 4:
si quis aliam rem pro alia volenti solverit,
if one pays with the consent of the receiver, Dig. 46, 3, 46:
nulla injuria est quae in volentem fiat,
ib. 47, 10, 1, § 5.—
(ε).
One who does a thing voluntarily:
pecuniam etiam a volentibus acceperant,
the contributions of money were voluntary, Vell. 2, 62, 3:
parce, puer, stimulis... (solis equi) Sponte sua properant. Labor est inhibere volentis (i. e. properare),
Ov. M. 2, 128.—
(ζ).
Volens = bene volens: munificus nemo habebatur nisi pariter volens, unless he was just as kindly disposed, sc. as he was liberal, Sall. J. 103, 6.—Often referring to a previously mentioned noun:
hunc cape consiliis socium et conjunge volentem,
and unite with him, since he wishes it, Verg. A. 5, 712; so may be taken Ov. M. 2, 128 (v. e).—
b.
In the neutr. plur. (volentia) rare, always with dat., things pleasing, acceptable:
Pompeius multis suspitionibus volentia plebi facturus habebatur,
that he would do what pleased the common people, Sall. H. 4, 31 Dietsch:
haec atque talia plebi volentia fuere,
Tac. A. 15, 36 Draeg. ad loc. al.:
iique Muciano volentia rescripsere,
id. H. 3, 52.—Hence, adv.: vŏlenter, willingly, App. M. 6, p. 178, 4.
2.
vŏlo, āvi, ātum ( part. gen. plur. volantūm, Verg. A. 6, 728; Lucr. 2, 1083), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. val-, to turn one's self, etc.; cf.: vŏlucer, vēlox, and vol- in velivolus], to fly.
I.
Lit.: ex alto... laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 95 Vahl.):
aves,
Lucr. 6, 742:
accipitres,
id. 4, 1010:
corvi,
id. 2, 822:
altam supra volat ardea nubem,
Verg. G. 1, 364:
volat ille per aëra magnum Remigio alarum,
id. A. 1, 300:
columbae venere volantes,
id. ib. 6, 191; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 30; Juv. 8, 251:
apes,
Ov. A. A. 1, 96; cf. Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:
volasse eum (Antonium), non iter fecisse diceres,
Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11.—Prov.:
sine pennis volare haud facile est,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 49.—
2.
P. a. as subst.: vŏlantes, ĭum, comm., the birds ( poet.), Lucr. 2, 1083; Verg. A. 6, 239; 6, 728.—
II.
Transf., to fly, i. e. to move swiftly like one flying, to fleet, speed, hasten along:
i sane... vola curriculo,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; cf.:
per summa levis volat aequora curru,
Verg. A. 5, 819:
medios volat ecce per hostes Vectus equo spumante Saces,
id. ib. 12, 650:
illa (Argo) volat,
Ov. H. 6, 66:
currus,
Verg. G. 3, 181:
axis,
id. ib. 3, 107:
nubes,
Lucr. 5, 254:
fulmina,
id. 2, 213:
tempestates,
id. 6, 612:
telum,
id. 1, 971; cf. Sall. J. 60, 2; Verg. A. 9, 698; Liv. 26, 44, 7 al.:
litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur,
Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3:
volat aetas,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:
hora,
Sen. Hippol. 1141:
fama,
Verg. A. 3, 121:
et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71.— Poet., with inf.:
ast Erebi virgo ditem volat aethere Memphim Praecipere et Phariā venientem pellere terrā,
Val. Fl. 4, 407.
3.
vŏlo, ōnis, m. [1. volo], a volunteer, first applied to the slaves who, after the battle at Cannæ, were enrolled upon their own expressed desire to serve (cf. Liv. 22, 57, 11; Val. Max. 7, 6, 1):
volones dicti sunt milites, qui post Cannensem cladem usque ad octo milia, cum essent servi, voluntarie se ad militiam obtulere,
Paul. Diac. p. 370:
volones, quia sponte hoc voluerunt, appellati,
Macr. S. 1, 11, 30:
vetus miles tironi, liber voloni sese exaequari sineret,
Liv. 23, 35, 6; 23, 32, 1; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 21, 6; Macr. S. 1, 11, 30.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > volo
9 ἄν

ἄν (A), [pron. full] [ᾰ], [dialect] Ep., Lyr., [dialect] Ion., Arc., [dialect] Att.; also κεν) [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Aeol., Thess., κᾱ [dialect] Dor., [dialect] Boeot., El.; the two combined in [dialect] Ep. (infr. D. 11.2) and Arc.,

A εἰκ ἄν IG5(2).6.2
, 15 (iv B. C.):—modal Particle used with Verbs to indicate that the action is limited by circumstances or defined by conditions. In Hom. κε is four times as common as ἄν, in Lyr. about equally common. No clear distinction can be traced, but κε as an enclitic is somewhat less emphatic; ἄν is preferred by Hom. in negative clauses, κε ([etym.] ν) with the relative.

A In Simple Sentences, and in the Apodosis of Compound Sentences; here ἄν belongs to the Verb, and denotes that the assertion made by the Verb is dependent on a condition, expressed or implied: thus ἦλθεν he came, ἦλθεν ἄν he would have come (under conditions, which may or may not be defined), and so he might have come; ἔλθοι may he come, ἔλθοι ἄν he would come (under certain conditions), and so he might come.

I WITH INDICATIVE:

1 with historical tenses, generally [tense] impf. and [tense] aor., less freq. [tense] plpf., never [tense] pf., v. infr.,

a most freq. in apodosis of conditional sentences, with protasis implying nonfulfilment of a past or present condition, and apod. expressing what would be or would have been the case if the condition were or had been fulfilled. The [tense] impf. with ἄν refers to continued action, in Hom. always in past time, exc. perh. καί κε θάμ' ἐνθάδ' ἐόντες ἐμισγόμεθ' Od.4
. 178; later also in [tense] pres. time, first in Thgn.905; πολὺ ἂν θαυμαστότερον ἦν, εἰ ἐτιμῶντο it would be far more strange if they were honoured, Pl.R. 489a; οὐκ ἂν νήσων ἐκράτει, εἰ μή τι καὶ ναυτικὸν εἶχεν he would not have been master of islands if he had not had also some naval power, Th.1.9. The [tense] aor. strictly refers only to past time, Pi.N.11.24, etc.; εἰ τότε ταύτην ἔσχε τὴν γνώμην, οὐδὲν ἂν ὧν νυνὶ πεποίηκεν ἔπραξεν if he had then come to this opinion, he would have accomplished nothing of what he has now done, D.4.5, al., but is used idiomatically with Verbs of saying, answering, etc., as we say I should have said, εἰ μὴ πατὴρ ἦσθ', εἶπον ἄν σ' οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖν S.Ant. 755
, cf. Pl.Smp. 199d, Euthphr. 12d, etc.: the [tense] plpf. refers to completed actions, as ὃ εἰ ἀπεκρίνω, ἱκανῶς ἂν ἤδη παρὰ σοῦ τὴν ὁσιότητα ἐμεμαθήκη I should have already learnt.., ib. 14c; εἰ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀπέθανεν, δικαίως ἂν ἐτεθνήκει Antipho 4.2.3
.

b the protasis is freq. understood: ὑπό κεν ταλασίφρονά περ δέος εἷλεν fear would have seized even the stout-hearted (had he heard the sound), Il.4.421; τὸ γὰρ ἔρυμα τῷ στρατοπέδῳ οὐκ ἂν ἐτειχίσαντο they would not have built the wall (if they had not won a battle), Th.1.11; πολλοῦ γὰρ ἂν ἦν ἄξια for (if that were so) they would be worth much, Pl.R. 374d; οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὅ τι ἂν ἐποιεῖτε for there was nothing which you could have done, i. e. would have done (if you had tried), D.18.43.

c with no definite protasis understood, to express what would have been likely to happen, or might have happened in past time: ἢ γάρ μιν ζωόν γε κιχήσεαι, ἤ κεν Ὀρέστης κτεῖνεν ὑποφθάμενος for either you will find him alive, or else Orestes may already have killed him before you, Od.4.546; ὃ θεασάμενος πᾶς ἄν τις ἀνὴρ ἠράσθη δάϊος εἶναι every man who saw this (the 'Seven against Thebes') would have longed to be a warrior, Ar. Ra. 1022; esp. with τάχα, q. v., ἀλλ' ἦλθε μὲν δὴ τοῦτο τοὔνειδος τάχ' ἂν ὀργῇ βιασθὲν μᾶλλον ἢ γνώμῃ φρενῶν, i. e. it might perhaps have come, S.OT 523; τάχα ἂν δὲ καὶ ἄλλως πως ἐσπλεύσαντες (sc. διέβησαν ) and they might also perhaps have crossed by sea (to Sicily) in some other way, Th.6.2, cf. Pl.Phdr. 265b.

d ἄν is freq. omitted in apodosi with Verbs expressing obligation, propriety, or possibility, as ἔδει, ἐχρῆν, εἰκὸς ἦν, etc., and sts. for rhetorical effect, εἰ μὴ.. ᾖσμεν, φόβον παρέσχεν it had caused (for it would have caused) fear, E.Hec. 1113. This use becomes more common in later Gk.

2 with [tense] fut. ind.:

a frequently in [dialect] Ep., usu. with κεν, rarely ἄν, Il.9.167, 22.66, indicating a limitation or condition, ὁ δέ κεν κεχολώσεται ὅν κεν ἵκωμαι and he will likely be angry to whom- soever I shall come, ib.1.139; καί κέ τις ὧδ' ἐρέει and in that case men will say, 4.176; ἐγὼ δέ κέ τοι καταλέξω Od.3.80
; so in Lyr., μαθὼν δέ τις ἂν ἐρεῖ Pi.N.7.68
, cf. I.6(5).59.

b rarely in codd. of [dialect] Att. Prose writers, σαφὲς ἂν καταστήσετε Th.1.140
; οὐχ ἥκει, οὐδ' ἂν ἥξει δεῦρο Pl.R. 615d
, cf. Ap. 29c, X.An.2.5.13; dub. in Hp.Mul.2.174: in later Prose, Philostr. V A2.21, S E.M.9.225: also in Poetry, E.El. 484, Ar.Av. 1313; οὐκ ἂν προδώσω Herod.6.36
(corr. - δοίην):— for ἄν with [tense] fut. inf. and part. v. infr.

II WITH SUBJUNCTIVE, only in [dialect] Ep., the meaning being the same as with the [tense] fut. ind. (1.2a), freq. with [ per.] 1st pers., as εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώῃσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι in that case I will take her myself, Il.1.324; πείθευ, ἐγὼ δέ κέ τοι εἰδέω χάριν obey and if so I will be grateful, 14.235 (the subj. is always introduced by δέ in this usage); also with other persons, giving emphasis to the future, οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίσμῃ κίθαρις 3.54
, al.

III WITH OPTATIVE (never [tense] fut., rarely [tense] pf. πῶς ἂν λελήθοι [με]; X.Smp.3.6):

a in apodosis of conditional sentences, after protasis in opt. with εἰ or some other conditional or relative word, expressing a [tense] fut. condition: ἀλλ' εἴ μοί τι πίθοιο, τό κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη Il.7.28
; οὐ πολλὴ ἂν ἀλογία εἴη, εἰ φοβοῖτο τὸν θάνατον; Pl.Phd. 68b
:—in Hom. [tense] pres. and [tense] aor. opt. with κε or ἄν are sts. used like [tense] impf. and [tense] aor. ind. with ἄν in Attic, with either regular ind. or another opt. in the protasis: καί νύ κεν ἔνθ' ἀπόλοιτο.. εἰ μὴ.. νόησε κτλ., i. e. he would have perished, had she not perceived, etc., Il.5.311, cf. 5.388, 17.70; εἰ νῦν ἐπὶ ἄλλῳ ἀεθλεύοιμεν, ἦ τ' ἂν ἐγὼ.. κλισίηνδε φεροίμην if we were now contending in another's honour, I should now carry.., ib.23.274: so rarely in Trag., οὐδ' ἂν σὺ φαίης, εἴ σε μὴ κνίζοι λέχος (for εἰ μὴ ἔκνιζε) E.Med. 568.

b with protasis in [tense] pres. or [tense] fut., the opt. with ἄν in apodosi takes a simply future sense: φρούριον δ' εἰ ποιήσονται, τῆς μὲν γῆς βλάπτοιεν ἄν τι μέρος they might perhaps damage, Th.1.142, cf. 2.60, Pl.Ap. 25b, R. 333e; ἢν οὖν μάθῃς.. οὐκ ἂν ἀποδοίην Ar.Nu. 116
, cf. D.1.26, al.

c with protasis understood: φεύγωμεν· ἔτι γάρ κεν ἀλύξαιμεν κακὸν ἦμαρ Od.10.269
; οὔτε ἐσθίουσι πλείω ἢ δύνανται φέρειν· διαρραγεῖεν γὰρ ἄν for (if they should do so) they would burst, X. Cyr.8.2.21; τὸν δ' οὔ κε δύ' ἀνέρε.. ἀπ' οὔδεος ὀχλίσσειαν two men could not heave the stone from the ground, i. e. would not, if they should try, Il.12.447; οὐδ' ἂν δικαίως ἐς κακὸν πέσοιμί τι S.Ant. 240
, cf. D.2.8: in Hom. sts. with ref. to past time, Τυδεΐδην οὐκ ἂν γνοίης ποτέροισι μετείη Il.5.85
.

d with no definite protasis implied, in potential sense: ἡδέως δ' ἂν ἐροίμην Λεπτίνην but I would gladly ask Leptines, D.20.129; βουλοίμην ἄν I should like , Lat. velim (but ἐβουλόμην ἄν I should wish, if it were of any avail, vellem); ποῖ οὖν τραποίμεθ' ἄν; which way then can we turn? Pl.Euthd. 290a; οὐκ ἂν μεθείμην τοῦ θρόνου I will not give up the throne, Ar.Ra. 830; idiomatically, referring to the past, αὗται δὲ οὐκ ἂν πολλαὶ εἶεν but these would not (on investigation) prove to be many, Th.1.9; εἴησαν δ' ἂν οὗτοι Κρῆτες these would be (i. e. would have been) Cretans, Hdt.1.2: used in order to soften assertions by giving them a less positive form, as οὐκ ἂν οὖν πάνυ γέ τι σπουδαῖον εἴη ἡ δικαιοσύνη, i.e. it would not prove to be, etc. (for, it is not, etc.), Pl.R. 333e.

e in questions, expressing a wish: τίς ἂν θεῶν.. δοίη; S.OC 1100
, cf.A.Ag. 1448; πῶς ἂν θάνοιμι; S.Aj. 389
: hence (with no question) as a mild command, exhortation, or entreaty, τλαίης κεν Μενελάῳ ἐπιπροέμεν ταχὺν ἰόν Il.4.94
; σὺ μὲν κομίζοις ἂν σεαυτὸν ᾗ θέλεις you may take yourself off (milder than κόμιζε σεαυτόν), S.Ant. 444; χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω you may go in, El. 1491; κλύοις ἂν ἤδη, Φοῖβε hear me now, Phoebus, ib. 637; φράζοις ἄν, λέγοις ἄν, Pl.Phlb. 23c, 48b.

f in a protasis which is also an apodosis: εἴπερ ἄλλῳ τῳ ἀνθρώπων πειθοίμην ἄν, καὶ σοὶ πείθομαι if I would trust any (other) man (if he gave me his word), I trust you, Id.Prt. 329b; εἰ μὴ ποιήσαιτ' ἂν τοῦτο if you would not do this (if you could), D.4.18, cf. X.Mem.1.5.3, Plot.6.4.16.

g rarely omitted with opt. in apodosis: ῥεῖα θεός γ' ἐθέλων καὶ τηλόθεν ἄνδρα σαώσαι Od.3.231
, cf. 14.123, Il.5.303; also in Trag., θᾶσσον ἢ λέγοι τις E.Hipp. 1186
; τεὰν δύνασιν τίς.. κατάσχοι; S.Ant. 605
.

h ἄν c. [tense] fut. opt. is prob. always corrupt (cf. 1.2b), as τὸν αὐτὸν ἂν ἐπαινέσοι ( ἐπαινέσαι Bekk.) Pl.Lg. 719e; εἰδὼς ὅτι οὐδέν' ἂν καταλήψοιτο ( οὐδένα Bekk.) Lys.1.22.

IV WITH INF. and PART. (sts. ADJ. equivalent to part., τῶν δυνατῶν ἂν κρῖναι Pl.R. 577b
) representing ind. or opt.:

1 [tense] pres. inf. or part.:

a representing [tense] impf. ind., οἴεσθε τὸν πατέρα.. οὐκ ἂν φυλάττειν; do you think he would not have kept them safe? ([etym.] οὐκ ἂν ἐφύλαττεν), D.49.35; ἀδυνάτων ἂν ὄντων [ὑμῶν] ἐπιβοηθεῖν when you would have been unable, Th.1.73, cf. 4.40.

b representing [tense] pres. opt., πόλλ' ἂν ἔχων (representing ἔχοιμ' ἄν) ἕτερ' εἰπεῖν παραλείπω D. 18.258
, cf. X.An.2.3.18: with Art., τὸ ἐθέλειν ἂν ἰέναι ἄκλητος ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Pl.Smp. 174b
.

2 [tense] aor. inf. or part.:

a representing [tense] aor. ind., οὐκ ἂν ἡγεῖσθ' αὐτὸν κἂν ἐπιδραμεῖν; do you not think he would even have run thither? ([etym.] καὶ ἐπέδραμεν ἄν), D.27.56; ἴσμεν ὑμᾶς ἀναγκασθέντας ἄν we know you would have been compelled, Th.1.76, cf. 3.89; ῥᾳδίως ἂν ἀφεθείς when he might easily have been acquitted, X.Mem.4.4.4.

b representing [tense] aor. opt., οὐδ' ἂν κρατῆσαι αὐτοὺς τῆς γῆς ἡγοῦμαι I think they would not even be masters of the land ([etym.] οὐδ' ἂν κρατήσειαν), Th.6.37, cf. 2.20; ὁρῶν ῥᾳδίως ἂν αὐτὸ ληφθέν ([etym.] ληφθείη ἄν) Id.7.42; οὔτε ὄντα οὔτε ἂν γενόμενα, i.e. things which are not and never could happen ([etym.] ἃ οὔτε ἂν γένοιτο), Id.6.38.

3 [tense] pf. inf. or part. representing:

a [tense] plpf. ind., πάντα ταῦθ' ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων ἂν ἑαλωκέναι ([etym.] φήσειεν ἄν ) he would say that all these would have been destroyed by the barbarians ([etym.] ἑαλώκη ἄν), D.19.312.

b [tense] pf. opt., οὐκ ἂν ἡγοῦμαι αὐτοὺς δίκην ἀξίαν δεδωκέναι, εἰ.. καταψηφίσαισθε I do not believe they would (then) have suffered ([etym.] δεδωκότες ἂν εἶεν) punishment enough, etc., Lys.27.9.

4 [tense] fut. inf.or part., never in [dialect] Ep., and prob. always corrupt in [dialect] Att., νομίζων μέγιστον ἂν σφᾶς ὠφελήσειν (leg. - ῆσαι) Th.5.82, cf. 6.66, 8.25,71; part. is still more exceptional, ὡς ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἂν ποιήσοντος ἄλλα Pl.Ap. 30c
(codd.), cf. D.19.342 (v. l.); both are found in later Gk., νομίσαντες ἂν οἰκήσειν οὕτως ἄριστα Plb.8.30.8
, cf. Plu.Marc.15, Arr.An.2.2.3; with part., Epicur. Nat.14.1, Luc.Asin.26, Lib.Or.62.21, dub. l. in Arr.An.6.6.5.

B IN DEPENDENT CLAUSES.

I In the protasis of conditional sentences with εἰ, regularly with the subjunctive. In Attic εἰ ἄν is contracted into ἐάν, ἤν, or ἄν ([etym.] ᾱ) (q. v.): Hom. has generally εἴ κε (or αἴ κε), sts. ἤν, once εἰ δ' ἄν Il.3.288
, twice εἴπερ ἄν 5.224
, 232. The protasis expresses either future condition (with apod. of [tense] fut. time) or general condition (with apod. of repeated action): εἰ δέ κεν ὣς ἔρξῃς καί τοι πείθωνται Ἀχαιοί, γνώσῃ ἔπειθ' ὅς .. if thus thou shalt do.., ib.2.364; ἢν ἐγγὺς ἔλθῃ θάνατος, οὐδεὶς βούλεται θνῄσκειν if death (ever) come near.., E.Alc. 671.

2 in relative or temporal clauses with a conditional force; here ἄν coalesces with ὅτε, ὁπότε, ἐπεί, ἐπειδή, cf. ὅταν, ὁπόταν, ἐπήν or ἐπάν ([dialect] Ion. ἐπεάν) , ἐπειδάν: Hom. has ὅτε κε (sts. ὅτ' ἄν) , ὁππότε κε (sts. ὁπότ' ἄν or ὁππότ' ἄν) , ἐπεί κε ( ἐπεὶ ἄν Il.6.412
), ἐπήν, εὖτ' ἄν; v. also εἰσόκε ([etym.] εἰς ὅ κε):—τάων ἥν κ' ἐθέλωμι φίλην ποιήσομ' ἄκοιτιν whomsoever of these I may wish.., Il.9.397; ὅταν δὴ μὴ σθένω, πεπαύσομαι when I shall have no strength.., S.Ant.91; ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος.. ὅς χ' ἕτερον μὲν κεύθῃ ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δὲ εἴπῃ who ever conceals one thing in his mind and speaks another, Il.9.312, cf. D.4.6, Th.1.21. —Hom. uses subj. in both the above constructions (1 and 2 ) without ἄν; also Trag. and Com., S.Aj. 496, Ar.Eq. 805; μέχρι and πρίν occasionally take subj. without ἄν in prose, e.g. Th.1.137,4.16 ([etym.] μέχρι οὗ), Pl.Phd. 62c, Aeschin.3.60.

3 in final clauses introduced by relative Advbs., as ὡς, ὅπως (of Manner), ἵνα (of Place), ὄφρα, ἕως, etc. (of Time), freq. in [dialect] Ep., σαώτερος ὥς κε νέηαι Il.1.32
; ὄφρα κεν εὕδῃ Od.3.359
; ὅπως ἂν εἰδῇ.. φράσω A.Pr. 824
; ὅπως ἂν φαίνηται κάλλιστος Pl.Smp. 198e
; μηχανητέον ὅπως ἂν διαφύγῃ Grg. 481a
(where ὅπως with [tense] fut. ind. is the regular constr.); also after ὡς in Hdt., Trag., X.An.2.5.16, al., once in Th.6.91 (but [tense] fut. ind. is regular in [dialect] Att.); ἵνα final does not take ἄν or κε exc. ἵνα εἰδότες ἤ κε θάνωμεν ἤ κεν.. φύγοιμεν Od.12.156
( ἵνα = where in S.OC 405). μή, = lest, takes ἄν only with opt. in apodosis, as S.Tr. 631, Th.2.93.

II in [dialect] Ep. sts. with OPTATIVE as with subj. (always κε ([etym.] ν), exc. εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν Il.2.597
), εἴ κεν Ἄρης οἴχοιτο Od.8.353
; ὥς κε.. δοίη ᾧ κ' ἐθέλοι that he might give her to whomsoever he might please, ib.2.54: so in Hdt. in final clauses, 1.75,99:—in Od.23.135 ὥς κέν τις φαίη, κέν belongs to Verb in apod., as in ὡς δ' ἂν ἥδιστα ταῦτα φαίνοιτο X.Cyr.7.5.81
.

2 rarely in oratio obliqua, where a relat. or temp. word retains an ἄν which it would have with subj. in direct form, S.Tr. 687, X.Mem.1.2.6, Isoc.17.15; ἐπειδὰν δοκιμασθείην D.30.6
:—similarly after a preceding opt., οὐκ ἀποκρίναιο ἕως ἂν.. σκέψαιο Pl.Phd. 101d
.

III rarely with εἰ and INDICATIVE in protasis, only in [dialect] Ep.:

1 with [tense] fut. ind. as with subj.: αἴ κεν Ἰλίου πεφιδήσεται Il.15.213
:—so with relat., οἵ κέ με τιμήσουσι 1.175
.

2 with εἰ and a past tense of ind., once in Hom., εἰ δέ κ' ἔτι προτέρω γένετο δρόμος Il.23.526
; so Ζεὺς γάρ κ' ἔθηκε νῆσον εἴ κ' ἐβούλετο Orac. ap. Hdt.1.174, cf. Ar.Lys. 1099 (cod. R), A.R.1.197.

IV in later Greek, ἄν with relative words is used with INDICATIVE in all tenses, as ὅπου ἂν εἰσεπορεύετο Ev.Marc.6.56
; ὅσ' ἂν πάσχετε PFay. 136
(iv A. D.); ἔνθ' ἂν πέφυκεν ἡ ὁλότης εἶναι Phlp. in Ph.436.19
; cf. ἐάν, ὅταν.

C with [tense] impf. and more rarely [tense] aor. ind. in ITERATIVE construction, to express elliptically a condilion fulfilled whenever an opportumty offered; freq. in Hdt. (not in Pi. or A.), κλαίεσκε ἂν καὶ ὀδυρέσκετο she would (i. e. used to) weep and lament, 3.119; εἶτα πῦρ ἂν οὐ παρῆν S.Ph. 295
; εἴ τινες ἴδοιεν.., ἀνεθάρσησαν ἄν whenever they saw it, on each occasion, Th.7.71; διηρώτων ἂν αὐτοὺς τί λέγοιεν Pl.Ap. 22b
: inf. representing [tense] impf. of this constr., ἀκούω Λακεδαιμονίους τότε ἐμβαλόντας ἂν.. ἀναχωρεῖν, i. e. I hear they used to retire ([etym.] ἀνεχώρουν ἄν), D.9.48.

D GENERAL REMARKS:

I POSITION OF ἄν.

1 in A, when ἄν does not coalesce with the relat. word (as in ἐάν, ὅταν), it follows directly or is separated only by other particles, as μέν, δέ, τε, ga/r, kai/, νυ, περ, etc.; as εἰ μέν κεν.. εἰ δέ κε Il.3.281
-4; rarely by τις, as ὅποι τις ἄν, οἶμαι, προσθῇ D.2.14
:—in Hom. and Hes. two such Particles may precede κε, as εἴ περ γάρ κεν Od.8.355
, cf. Il.2.123; εἰ γάρ τίς κε, ὃς μὲν γάρ κε, Hes.Op. 280, 357; rarely in Prose, ὅποι μὲν γὰρ ἄν D.4.45
; ὁπότερος οὖν ἄν Ar.Ra. 1420
: also ὁπόσῳ πλέον ἄν Pl.Lg. 647e
, cf. 850a; ὅπου τὸ πάλαι λεγόμενον ἂν γίγνηται 739c
.

2 in apodosis, ἄν may stand either next to its Verb (before or after it), or after some other emphatic word, esp. an interrog., a negative (e. g. οὐδ' ἂν εἷς, οὐκ ἂν ἔτι, etc.), or an important Adjective or Adverb; also after a participle which represents the protasis, λέγοντος ἄν τινος πιστεῦσαι οἴεσθε; do you think they would have believed it if any one had told them? ([etym.] εἴ τις ἔλεγεν, ἐπίστευσαν ἄν), D.6.20.

3 ἄν is freq. separated from its inf. by such Verbs as οἴομαι, δοκέω, φημί, οἶδα, etc., οὐκ ἂν οἴει .. ; freq. in Pl., Grg. 486d, al.; καὶ νῦν ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαι I think that I should, X.Cyr.8.7.25; οὕτω γὰρ ἄν μοι δοκεῖ ἥ τε πόλις ἄριστα διοικεῖσθαι Aeschin.3.2
; ἃ μήτε προῄδει μηδεὶς μήτ' ἂν ᾠήθη τήμερον ῥηθῆναι (where ἄν belongs to ῥηθῆναι) D. 18.225:—in the phrase οὐκ οἶδ' ἂν εἰ, or οὐκ ἂν οἶδ' εἰ, ἄν belongs not to οἶδα, but to the Verb which follows, οὐκ οἶδ' ἂν εἰ πείσαιμι, for οὐκ οἶδα εἰ πείσαιμι ἄν, E.Med. 941, cf. Alc.48; οὐκ ἂν οἶδ' εἰ δυναίμην Pl. Ti. 26b
; οὐκ οἶδ' ἂν εἰ ἐκτησάμην X.Cyr.5.4.12
.

4 ἄν never begins a sentence, or even a clause after a comma, but may stand first after a parenthetic clause, ἀλλ', ὦ μέλ', ἄν μοι σιτίων διπλῶν ἔδει Ar. Pax
<*>37.

II REPETITION OF ἄν:—in apodosis ἄν may be used twice or even three times with the same Verb, either to make the condition felt throughout a long sentence, or to emphasize certain words, ὥστ' ἄν, εἰ σθένος λάβοιμι, δηλώσαιμ' ἄν S.El. 333
, cf. Ant.69, A.Ag. 340, Th.1.76 (fin.), 2.41, Pl.Ap. 31a, Lys.20.15; ἀφανεῖς ἂν ὄντες οὐκ ἂν ὑμνήθημεν ἄν E.Tr. 1244
, cf. S.Fr. 739; attached to a parenthetical phrase, ἔδρασ' ἄν, εὖ τοῦτ' ἴσθ' ἄν, εἰ .. Id.OT 1438.

2 ἄν is coupled with κε ([etym.] ν ) a few times in Hom., as Il.11.187, 202, Od.5.361, al.; cf. ἤν περ γάρ κ' ἐθέλωσιν v.l. ib.18.318.

III ELLIPSIS OF VERB:—sts. the Verb to which ἄν belongs must be supplied, in Hom. only εἰμί, as τάτ' ἔλδεται ὅς κ' ἐπιδευής (sc. ᾖ) Il.5.481; ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν πρὸ τοῦ (sc. ἔρρεγκον) Ar.Nu.5; τί δ' ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (sc. πρᾶξαι) , εἰ τάδ' ἤνυσεν; A.Ag. 935
:—so in phrases like πῶς γὰρ ἄν; and πῶς οὐκ ἄν (sc. εἴη); also in ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ (or ὡσπερανεί), as φοβούμενος ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ παῖς (i. e. ὥσπερ ἂν ἐφοβήθη εἰ παῖς ἦν) Pl.Grg. 479a; so τοσοῦτον ἐφρόνησαν, ὅσον περ ἂν (sc. ἐφρόνησαν) εἰ.. Isoc.10.48
:—so also when κἂν εἰ ( = καὶ ἂν εἰ) has either no Verb in the apod. or one to which ἄν cannot belong, Pl.R. 477a, Men. 72c; cf. κἄν:—so the Verb of a protasis containing ἄν may be understood, ὅποι τις ἂν προσθῇ, κἂν μικρὰν δύναμιν (i. e. καὶ ἐὰν προσθῇ) D.2.14; ὡς ἐμοῦ οὖν ἰόντος ὅπῃ ἂν καὶ ὑμεῖς (sc. ἴητε) X.An.1.3.6.

IV ELLIPSIS OF ἄν:—when an apodosis consists of several co-ordinate clauses, ἄν is generally used only in the first and understood in the others: πείθοι' ἂν εἰ πείθοι'· ἀπειθοίης δ' ἴσως A.Ag. 1049
: even when the construction is continued in a new sentence, Pl.R. 352e, cf. 439b codd.: but ἄν is repeated for the sake of clearness or emphasis, ib. 398a, cf. D.19.156 (where an opt. is implied with the third ὡς): rarely expressed with the second of two co-ordinate Verbs and understood with the first, τοῦτον ἂν.. θαρσοίην ἐγὼ καλῶς μὲν ἄρχειν, εὖ δ' ἂν ἄρχεσθαι θέλειν (i. e. καλῶς μὲν ἂν ἄρχοι, εὖ δ' ἂν θέλοι ἄρχεσθαι) S.Ant. 669.

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ἄν (B), [pron. full] [ᾱ], [dialect] Att.,

A = ἐάν, ἤν, Th.4.46 codd., al.; freq. in Pl., ἂν σωφρονῇ Phd. 61b
; ἂν θεὸς θέλῃ ib. 80d, cf. D.4.50; ἄν τ'.. ἄν τε Arist. Ath.48.4
: not common in earlier [dialect] Att. Inscrr., IG1.2a5, 2.179b49, al.: but freq. later, SIG1044.27 (iv/iii B. C.), PPetr.2p.47 (iii B. C.), PPar.32.19 (ii B. C.), PTeb.110.8 (i B. C.), Ev.Jo.20.23, etc.

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ἄν (C) or [full] ἀν, Epic form of ἀνά, q. v.

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ἄν (D), shortened from ἄνα, v. sub ἀνά G.

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10 ευκτικά

εὐκτικά

εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: neut nom /voc /acc pl

εὐκτικά̱, εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: fem nom /voc /acc dual

εὐκτικά̱, εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

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11 εὐκτικά

εὐκτικά

εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: neut nom /voc /acc pl

εὐκτικά̱, εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: fem nom /voc /acc dual

εὐκτικά̱, εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

Morphologia Graeca > εὐκτικά
12 ευκτικώτερον

εὐκτικώτερον

εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: adverbial comp

εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: masc acc comp sg

εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

Morphologia Graeca > ευκτικώτερον
13 εὐκτικώτερον

εὐκτικώτερον

εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: adverbial comp

εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: masc acc comp sg

εὐκτικός

expressing a wish: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

Morphologia Graeca > εὐκτικώτερον
14 with

[wið]
preposition

1) (in the company of; beside; among; including: I was walking with my father; Do they enjoy playing with each other?; He used to play football with the Arsenal team; Put this book with the others.) med; sammen med

2) (by means of; using: Mend it with this glue; Cut it with a knife.) med

3) (used in expressing the idea of filling, covering etc: Fill this jug with milk; He was covered with mud.) med

4) (used in describing conflict: They quarrelled with each other; He fought with my brother.) med

5) (used in descriptions of things: a man with a limp; a girl with long hair; a stick with a handle; Treat this book with care.) med

6) (as the result of: He is shaking with fear.) af

7) (in the care of: Leave your case with the porter.) hos

8) (in relation to; in the case of; concerning: Be careful with that!; What's wrong with you?; What shall I do with these books?) med

9) (used in expressing a wish: Down with fascism!; Up with Manchester United!) med

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[wið]
preposition

1) (in the company of; beside; among; including: I was walking with my father; Do they enjoy playing with each other?; He used to play football with the Arsenal team; Put this book with the others.) med; sammen med

2) (by means of; using: Mend it with this glue; Cut it with a knife.) med

3) (used in expressing the idea of filling, covering etc: Fill this jug with milk; He was covered with mud.) med

4) (used in describing conflict: They quarrelled with each other; He fought with my brother.) med

5) (used in descriptions of things: a man with a limp; a girl with long hair; a stick with a handle; Treat this book with care.) med

6) (as the result of: He is shaking with fear.) af

7) (in the care of: Leave your case with the porter.) hos

8) (in relation to; in the case of; concerning: Be careful with that!; What's wrong with you?; What shall I do with these books?) med

9) (used in expressing a wish: Down with fascism!; Up with Manchester United!) med

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15 sei

sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.
I.
Prop.
a.
With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).
(α).
Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):
si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:
si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:
si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;
1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:
si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:
si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:
si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:
quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:
si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:
Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:
magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:
deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:
si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:
SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:
id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:
dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:
si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;
four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):
noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:
ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—
With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:
nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:
si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:
nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—
(β).
Imperf.:
ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:
si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—
(γ).
Perf.:
SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:
si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:
quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:
si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;
1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:
si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:
si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:
si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):
minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:
quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:
miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:
minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:
si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:
etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:
si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):
non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:
non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:
neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:
nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—
(δ).
Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:
nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):
si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:
plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:
si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—
(ε).
Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:
alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:
si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:
si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:
si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:
id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:
nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:
si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—
(ζ).
Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):
si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:
tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:
expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;
1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:
accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,
si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:
si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:
si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:
si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:
si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:
de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
b.
With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).
(α).
Pres.:
si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:
abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,
si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:
cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:
si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:
si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:
si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:
O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:
O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;
also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:
si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—
(β).
Imperf.:
qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:
quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:
si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):
O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;
and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—
(γ).
Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):
perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:
victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:
Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—
(δ).
Pluperf.:
si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:
tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:
mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:
si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:
si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:
si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—
c.
Ellipt.
(α).
With pron. indef:
istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:
aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—
(β).
In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):
plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:
utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:
hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:
si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—
(γ).
With forte:
intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:
vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
2.
With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:
quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:
quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—
B.
In partic.
1.
In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:
apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;
si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:
unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:
illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—
2.
In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):
dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:
adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—
3.
Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:
errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—
4.
In syllogistic reasonings:
si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:
si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—
5.
= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):
quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:
quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:
quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—
II.
Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):
ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:
jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:
fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:
primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:
id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:
jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:
hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:
Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:
non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:
statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:
Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:
expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:
Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:
temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—
B.
With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:
L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:
circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:
fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:
pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:
saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:
ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:
milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:
alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:
Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:
consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:
is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:
ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—
B.
Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:
si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:
hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > sei
16 si

sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.
I.
Prop.
a.
With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).
(α).
Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):
si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:
si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:
si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;
1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:
si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:
si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:
si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:
quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:
si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:
Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:
magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:
deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:
quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:
si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:
si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:
SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:
id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:
dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:
si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:
si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;
four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):
noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:
ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—
With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:
nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:
si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:
nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—
(β).
Imperf.:
ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:
si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—
(γ).
Perf.:
SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:
si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:
quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:
si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;
1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:
si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:
si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:
si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:
si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):
minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:
quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:
miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:
minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:
si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:
etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:
si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):
non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:
non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:
neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:
nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—
(δ).
Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:
nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):
si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:
plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:
si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:
si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—
(ε).
Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:
alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:
si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:
si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:
si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:
id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:
nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:
si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—
(ζ).
Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):
si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:
tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:
expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;
1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:
accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,
si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:
si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:
si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:
si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:
si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:
de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
b.
With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).
(α).
Pres.:
si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:
abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,
si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:
cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:
si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:
si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:
si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:
si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:
O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:
O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;
also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:
si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—
(β).
Imperf.:
qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:
quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:
si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:
quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):
O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;
and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—
(γ).
Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):
perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:
victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:
Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—
(δ).
Pluperf.:
si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:
tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:
mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:
si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:
si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:
si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—
c.
Ellipt.
(α).
With pron. indef:
istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:
aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—
(β).
In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):
plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:
utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:
si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:
hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:
si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—
(γ).
With forte:
intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:
vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—
2.
With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:
quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:
quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:
quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:
quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—
B.
In partic.
1.
In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:
apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;
si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:
unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:
illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—
2.
In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):
dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:
adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—
3.
Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:
dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:
errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—
4.
In syllogistic reasonings:
si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:
si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—
5.
= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):
quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:
quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:
quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—
II.
Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):
ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:
jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:
fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:
primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:
id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:
jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:
hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:
Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:
non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:
statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:
Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:
expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:
Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:
temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—
B.
With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:
L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:
circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:
fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:
pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:
saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:
ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:
milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:
alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:
Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:
consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:
is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:
ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—
B.
Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:
si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:
hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3.

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17 with

preposition

1) mit

put something with something — etwas zu etwas stellen/legen

have no pen to write with — nichts zum Schreiben haben

I'll be with you in a minute — ich komme gleich

be with it — (coll.) up to date sein

not be with somebody — (coll.): (fail to understand) jemandem nicht folgen können

I'm not with you — (coll.) ich komme nicht mit

be one with somebody/something — mit jemandem/etwas eins sein

2) (in the care or possession of) bei

I have no money with me — ich habe kein Geld dabei od. bei mir

3) (owing to) vor (+ Dat.)

tremble with fear — vor Angst zittern

4) (displaying) mit

with courage — mutig

handle with care — vorsichtig behandeln

5) (while having) bei

sleep with the window open — bei offenem Fenster schlafen

speak with one's mouth full — mit vollem Mund sprechen

6) (in regard to)

be patient with somebody — mit jemandem geduldig sein

what do you want with me? — was wollen Sie von mir?

how are things with you? — wie geht es dir?

what can he want with it? — was mag er damit vorhaben?

7) (at the same time as, in the same way as) mit

with that — damit

8) (employed by) bei

9) (despite) trotz; see also academic.ru/82354/will">will II 1. 4)

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[wið]
preposition

1) (in the company of; beside; among; including: I was walking with my father; Do they enjoy playing with each other?; He used to play football with the Arsenal team; Put this book with the others.) mit

2) (by means of; using: Mend it with this glue; Cut it with a knife.) mit

3) (used in expressing the idea of filling, covering etc: Fill this jug with milk; He was covered with mud.) mit

4) (used in describing conflict: They quarrelled with each other; He fought with my brother.) mit

5) (used in descriptions of things: a man with a limp; a girl with long hair; a stick with a handle; Treat this book with care.) mit

6) (as the result of: He is shaking with fear.) vor

7) (in the care of: Leave your case with the porter.) bei

8) (in relation to; in the case of; concerning: Be careful with that!; What's wrong with you?; What shall I do with these books?) mit

9) (used in expressing a wish: Down with fascism!; Up with Manchester United!) mit

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with

[wɪθ]

prep

1. (having, containing) mit + dat

\with a little bit of luck mit ein wenig Glück

he spoke \with a soft accent er sprach mit einem leichten Akzent

I'd like a double room \with a sea view ich hätte gerne ein Doppelzimmer mit Blick aufs Meer

2. (accompanied by) mit + dat

I'm going to France \with a couple of friends ich fahre mit ein paar Freunden nach Frankreich

3. (together with) mit + dat

I need to talk \with you about this ich muss mit dir darüber reden

I've got nothing in common \with him ich habe mit ihm nichts gemeinsam

\with you and me, there'll be 10 of us mit dir und mir sind wir zu zehnt

4. (in company of) bei + dat

I'll be \with you in a second ich bin gleich bei dir

we're going to stay \with some friends wir werden bei Freunden übernachten

5. (concerning)

he decided to make a clean break \with the past er beschloss, einen Schlussstrich unter die Vergangenheit zu setzen

can you help me \with my homework? kannst du mir bei den Hausaufgaben helfen?

what's the matter \with her? was ist los mit ihr?

it's the same \with me mir geht es genauso

let me be frank \with you lass mich offen zu dir sein

away \with you! fort mit dir!

to have something/nothing to do \with sb/sth etwas/nichts mit jdm/etw zu tun haben

6. (expressing feeling towards sb/sth) mit + dat

I'm angry \with you ich bin sauer auf dich

he was dissatisfied \with the new car er war unzufrieden mit dem neuen Wagen

I'm content \with things the way they are ich bin zufrieden mit den Dingen, so wie sie sind

7. (expressing manner) mit + dat

she nodded \with a sigh sie nickte seufzend

please handle this package \with care bitte behandeln sie dieses Paket mit Vorsicht

\with a look of surprise mit einem erstaunten Gesichtsausdruck

8. (in a state of) vor + dat

she was shaking \with rage sie zitterte vor Wut

he looked \with utter disbelief er starrte völlig ungläubig

she was green \with jealousy sie war grün vor Eifersucht

9. (in addition to) mit + dat

\with that... [und] damit...

he gave a slight moan and \with that he died er stöhnte kurz auf, woraufhin er verstarb

10. (in proportion to) mit + dat

the value could decrease \with time der Wert könnte mit der Zeit sinken

the wine will improve \with age der Wein wird mit zunehmendem Alter besser

11. (in direction of) mit + dat

they went \with popular opinion sie gingen mit der öffentlichen Meinung

I prefer to go \with my own feeling ich verlasse mich lieber auf mein Gefühl

\with the current/tide/wind mit der Strömung/der Flut/dem Wind

12. (using) mit + dat

she paints \with watercolors sie malt mit Wasserfarben

they covered the floor \with newspaper sie bedeckten den Boden mit Zeitungspapier

13. (in circumstances of, while)

\with things the way they are so wie die Dinge sind [o stehen]

\with two minutes to take-off mit nur noch zwei Minuten bis zum Start

what \with school and all, I don't have much time mit der Schule und allem bleibt mir nicht viel Zeit

14. (despite) bei + dat

\with all her faults trotz all ihrer Fehler

even \with... selbst mit...

15. (working for) bei + dat

he's been \with the department since 1982 er arbeitet seit 1982 in der Abteilung

16. (in support of)

I agree \with you 100% ich stimme dir 100 % zu

to be \with sb/sth hinter jdm/etw stehen

to go \with sth mit etw dat mitziehen

up/down \with sth hoch/nieder mit etw dat

17. (to match)

to go \with sth zu etw dat passen

18. (filled with, covered by) mit + dat

the basement is crawling \with spiders der Keller wimmelt von Spinnen

his plate was heaped \with food sein Teller war mit Essen vollgeladen

19. (on one's person) bei + dat

, an + dat

do you have a pen \with you? hast du einen Stift bei dir?

bring a cake \with you bring einen Kuchen mit

20. ( fam: denoting comprehension)

are you \with me? verstehst du?

I'm sorry, but I'm not \with you Entschuldigung, aber da komm' ich nicht mit fam

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[wIð, wɪɵ]
prep

1) mit

are you pleased with it? — bist du damit zufrieden?

bring a book with you — bring ein Buch mit

with no... — ohne...

(together) with the Victory, it's the biggest ship of its class — neben der Victory ist es das größte Schiff in seiner Klasse

to walk with a stick — am or mit einem Stock gehen

put it with the rest — leg es zu den anderen

the wind was with us — wir hatten den Wind im Rücken, wir fuhren etc mit dem Wind

how are things with you? — wie gehts?, wie stehts? (inf)

See:

→ with it

2) (= at house of, in company of etc) bei

I'll be with you in a moment — einen Augenblick bitte, ich bin gleich da

10 years with the company — 10 Jahre bei or in der Firma

the problem is still with us — wir haben immer noch das alte Problem

3) (on person, in bag etc) bei

I haven't got my cheque book with me — ich habe mein Scheckbuch nicht bei mir

4) (cause) vor (+dat)

to shiver with cold — vor Kälte zittern

the hills are white with snow — die Berge sind weiß vom Schnee

to be ill with measles — die Masern haben, an Masern erkrankt sein

5) (= in the case of) bei, mit

it's always the same with you — es ist (doch) immer dasselbe mit dir

the trouble with him is that he... — die Schwierigkeit bei or mit ihm ist (die), dass er...

it's a habit with him —

with God, all things are possible — bei or für Gott ist kein Ding unmöglich

6) (= while sb/sth is) wo

you can't go with your mother ill in bed — wo deine Mutter krank im Bett liegt, kannst du nicht gehen

with all this noise going on — bei diesem Lärm

to quit with the job half-finished — von der halb fertigen Arbeit weglaufen

with the window open — bei offenem Fenster

7) (= in proportion) mit

it varies with the temperature — es verändert sich je nach Temperatur

wine improves with age — Wein wird mit zunehmendem Alter immer besser

it gets bigger with the heat — in der Wärme wird es immer größer

8) (= in spite of) trotz, bei

with all his faults — bei allen seinen Fehlern, trotz aller seiner Fehler

9)

(= in agreement, on side of) I'm with you there (inf) — da stimme ich dir zu

is he with us or against us? — ist er für oder gegen uns?

10) (inf

expressing comprehension) are you with me? — kapierst du? (inf), hast dus? (inf), kommst du mit? (inf)

I'm not with you — da komm ich nicht mit

are you still with me? — kommst du (da) noch mit? (inf), ist das noch klar?

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with [wıð; wıθ] präp

1. (zusammen) mit:

he went with his friends;

would you like rice with your meat? möchten Sie Reis zum Fleisch?

2. (in Übereinstimmung) mit, für:

he that is not with me is against me wer nicht für mich ist, ist gegen mich;

I am quite with you

a) ich bin ganz Ihrer Ansicht oder auf Ihrer Seite,

b) ich verstehe Sie sehr gut;

vote with the Conservatives! stimmt für die Konservativen!;

blue does not go with green Blau passt nicht zu Grün

3. mit (besitzend):

a vase with handles;

a man with a sinister expression;

with no hat (on) ohne Hut

4. mit (vermittels):

cut with a knife;

fill with water;

what will you buy with the money? was wirst du (dir) von dem Geld kaufen?

5. mit (Art und Weise):

fight with courage;

with a smile;

with the door open bei offener Tür

6. mit (in derselben Weise, im gleichen Grad, zur selben Zeit):

their power increases with their number;

rise with the sun

7. bei:

sit with sb;

work with a firm;

I have no money with me

8. (kausal) durch, vor (dat):

stiff with cold steif vor Kälte;

tremble with fear vor Angst zittern

9. bei, für:

with God all things are possible bei Gott ist kein Ding unmöglich

10. von, mit (Trennung): → break¹ C 1, etc

11. gegen, mit:

fight with s.o

12. bei, aufseiten:

it rests with you to decide die Entscheidung liegt bei dir

13. nebst, samt:

with all expenses

14. trotz:

with the best intentions, he failed completely;

with all her brains bei all ihrer Klugheit

15. wie:

have the same faith with s.o

16. angesichts;

in Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass:

you can’t leave with your mother so ill du kannst nicht weggehen, wenn deine Mutter so krank ist

17. with it umg

a) auf Draht, auf der Höhe,

b) up to date, modern

frenzied [ˈfrenzıd] adj

1. außer sich, rasend ( beide: with vor dat)

2. frenetisch (Geschrei etc), (Beifall auch) rasend

3. wild, hektisch:

the room was full of frenzied activity im Zimmer herrschte hektische Aktivität

w. abk

1. weight

2. wide

3. width

4. wife

5. with

6. PHYS work

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preposition

1) mit

put something with something — etwas zu etwas stellen/legen

have no pen to write with — nichts zum Schreiben haben

I'll be with you in a minute — ich komme gleich

be with it — (coll.) up to date sein

not be with somebody — (coll.): (fail to understand) jemandem nicht folgen können

I'm not with you — (coll.) ich komme nicht mit

be one with somebody/something — mit jemandem/etwas eins sein

2) (in the care or possession of) bei

I have no money with me — ich habe kein Geld dabei od. bei mir

3) (owing to) vor (+ Dat.)

tremble with fear — vor Angst zittern

4) (displaying) mit

with courage — mutig

handle with care — vorsichtig behandeln

5) (while having) bei

sleep with the window open — bei offenem Fenster schlafen

speak with one's mouth full — mit vollem Mund sprechen

6) (in regard to)

be patient with somebody — mit jemandem geduldig sein

what do you want with me? — was wollen Sie von mir?

how are things with you? — wie geht es dir?

what can he want with it? — was mag er damit vorhaben?

7) (at the same time as, in the same way as) mit

with that — damit

8) (employed by) bei

9) (despite) trotz; see also will II 1. 4)

* * *

prep.

mit präp.

English-german dictionary > with
18 Aufforderungssatz

m LING. imperative sentence ( oder clause), sentence ( oder clause) expressing a wish or command

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Auf|for|de|rungs|satz
m (GRAM)
(als Hauptsatz) imperative sentence, command (sentence); (als Teilsatz) imperative clause
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Aufforderungssatz m LING imperative sentence ( oder clause), sentence ( oder clause) expressing a wish or command

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Aufforderungssatz
19 thumbs-up

noun (a sign expressing a wish for good luck, success etc: He gave me the thumbs-up.) ``held og lykke''

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noun (a sign expressing a wish for good luck, success etc: He gave me the thumbs-up.) ``held og lykke''

English-Danish dictionary > thumbs-up
20 papelera de reciclaje

papelera de reciclaje

trash can

* * *

(n.) = recycle bin

Ex. Many of the children had concerns over safety and were also very aware of environmental issues, expressing a wish for their own recycle bin in the children's wing.

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(n.) = recycle bin

Ex: Many of the children had concerns over safety and were also very aware of environmental issues, expressing a wish for their own recycle bin in the children's wing.

Spanish-English dictionary > papelera de reciclaje

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